The words the author chooses to convey a particular meaning

High or formal diction

Usually contains language that creates an elevated tone. High or formal diction is free of slang, idioms, colloquialisms, and contractions. Often contains polysyllabic words, sophisticated syntax, and elegant word choise

Uses standard language without elaborate words and may include contractions

Informal or low diction

The language of everyday use. It is relaxed and conversational. It often includes common and simple words, idioms, slang, jargon, and contractions

Recently coined words, often used in informal situations. Slang words often come and go quickly, pushing in and out of usage within months or years.

expressions that are nonstandard, often using language appropriate to informal or conversational speech and writing.

Words or expressions characteristics of a particular trade,profession, or conversational speech and writing

A standard subgroup of a language with its own vocabulary and grammatical features. Writers often use regional dialects or dialects that reveal a person's economic or social class

Consists of specific words that describe physical qualities or conditions

language that denotes ideas, emotions, conditions, or concepts that are intangible

Exact, literal definition of a word independent of any emotional association or secondary meaning

implicit meaning of a word and consists of the suggestions, associations, and emotional overtones attached to a word

The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a plane, or an experience

Connected sequence of claims, evidence, and commentary that leads an audience from a central thesis to a final conclusion

Imagery dealing with sight and seeing

Imagery dealing with touch, warmth/cold, texture of feeling

Imagery dealing with taste, ingestion, eating, and drinking

Imagery dealing with hearing, sounds, noises, listening

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Diction and Imagery

Term	Definition
Diction	The words the author chooses to convey a particular meaning
High or formal diction	Usually contains language that creates an elevated tone. High or formal diction is free of slang, idioms, colloquialisms, and contractions. Often contains polysyllabic words, sophisticated syntax, and elegant word choise
Neutral Diction	Uses standard language without elaborate words and may include contractions
Informal or low diction	The language of everyday use. It is relaxed and conversational. It often includes common and simple words, idioms, slang, jargon, and contractions
Slang	Recently coined words, often used in informal situations. Slang words often come and go quickly, pushing in and out of usage within months or years.
Colloquial	expressions that are nonstandard, often using language appropriate to informal or conversational speech and writing.
Jargon	Words or expressions characteristics of a particular trade,profession, or conversational speech and writing
Dialect	A standard subgroup of a language with its own vocabulary and grammatical features. Writers often use regional dialects or dialects that reveal a person's economic or social class
Concrete diction	Consists of specific words that describe physical qualities or conditions
Abstract diction	language that denotes ideas, emotions, conditions, or concepts that are intangible
Denotation	Exact, literal definition of a word independent of any emotional association or secondary meaning
Connotation	implicit meaning of a word and consists of the suggestions, associations, and emotional overtones attached to a word
Imagery	The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a plane, or an experience
Line of reasoning	Connected sequence of claims, evidence, and commentary that leads an audience from a central thesis to a final conclusion
Visual Imagery	Imagery dealing with sight and seeing
Tactile Imagery	Imagery dealing with touch, warmth/cold, texture of feeling
Gustatory Imagery	Imagery dealing with taste, ingestion, eating, and drinking
Auditory Imagery	Imagery dealing with hearing, sounds, noises, listening
Olfactory Imagery	Imagery dealing with smell

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