Chapters 16-18 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
diction | word choice |
concrete diction | words that specifically name or describe a thing or a person |
abstract diction | ideas or concepts |
poetic diction | language deemed suitable for verse; elevated language |
allusion | a reference to something or someone |
low diction | vulgate; language of common people |
colloquial English | casual or informal or conversational English |
middle diction | ordinary speech of educated native speakers |
high diction | formal English; heightened, impersonal language of educated persons |
dialect | a particular variety of language spoken by an identifiable regional group or social class |
denotation | the literal, dictionary meaning of a word |
connotation | an association or additional meaning |
suggestion | the power of a word to imply unspoken associations, in addition to its literal meanings |
image | a word or series of words that refers to a sensory experience |
imagery | collective set of images |
visual imagery | sense of sight |
auditory imagery | sense of hearing |
tactile imagery | sense of touch |
olfactory imagery | sense of smell |
gustatory | sense of taste |
haiku | a Japanese verse of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables; relies mostly on images, and usually set in one of four seasons |
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