what are types of diction?
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['Formal diction. Formal diction is the use of sophisticated language, without slang or colloquialisms. ... ', 'Informal diction. ... ', 'Pedantic diction. ... ', 'Colloquial diction. ... ', 'Slang diction. ... ', 'Abstract diction. ... ', 'Concrete diction. ... ', 'Poetic diction.']
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Diction (Latin: dictionem (nom. dictio), "a saying, expression, word"), in its original meaning, is a writer's or speaker's distinctive vocabulary choices and style of expression in a poem or story.
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Features of style include the following: diction (word choice) • sentence structure and syntax • nature of figurative language • rhythm and component sounds • rhetorical patterns (e.g. narration, description, comparison-contrast, etc.)
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['filtration.', 'fiberglass.', 'fictitious.', 'figurative.', 'filmmaking.', 'fingernail.', 'figurehead.', 'fiberboard.']
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['Simile. ... ', 'Metaphor. ... ', 'Implied metaphor. ... ', 'Personification. ... ', 'Hyperbole. ... ', 'Allusion. ... ', 'Idiom. ... ', 'Pun.']
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Grammar, in its most general sense, refers to all the rules that govern how meaningful statements can be made in any language. Syntax refers to sentence structure, to word order. Diction means simply word choice. Usage means linguistic custom.
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['obstacle: that which stands “against”', 'obligation: that which ties “towards” you.', 'obtain: “thoroughly” hold onto.', 'obfuscate: “thoroughly” darken.', 'obtuse: of being “thoroughly” mentally dull.', 'obdurate: “thoroughly” hard, and so stubborn.', 'obstreperous: “thoroughly” make noise.', 'occupy: “thoroughly” take.']
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Eight "word classes" or "parts of speech" are commonly distinguished in English: nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions. Nouns form the largest word class, and verbs the second-largest.
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['representative.', 'reconstructive.', 'interpretative.', 'nondestructive.', 'hypersensitive.', 'multiplicative.', 'discriminative.', 'photosensitive.']
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['sweet.', 'sour.', 'salty.', 'bitter.', 'savory.']
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['volatile.', 'volcanic.', 'volition.', 'volution.', 'volvulus.', 'volitant.', 'volitive.', 'volplane.']
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['vanishing 2). antikings 3). thinkings 4). knighting.', 'hangings 2). sighting 3). stanging 4). thinking 5). antiking 6). stinging 7). stinking 8). ... ', 'insight 2). gaiting 3). staging 4). kainits 5). staving 6). staking 7). tinging 8). ... ', 'hating 2). ninths 3). taking 4). saning 5). saving 6). sating 7). shanti 8). ... ', 'ka 10).']
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['Axiom 1 (cannot not)', 'Axiom 2 (content & relationship)', 'Axiom 3 (punctuation)', 'Axiom 4 (digital & analogic)', 'Axiom 5 (symmetric or complementary)']
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Commonly listed English parts of speech are noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, interjection, numeral, article, or determiner.
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Definition of Diction As a literary device, diction refers to the choice of words and style of expression that an author makes and uses in a work of literature. ... One of the primary things that diction does is establish whether a work is formal or informal.
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['simple.', 'single.', 'uniform.', 'unmixed.', 'apparent.', 'clear.', 'direct.', 'discernible.']
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Metaphor, metonymy, hyperbole, simile, personification, assonance, alliteration, consonance, onomatopoeia, etc.