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Diction and Connotation

Diction and Connotation. Huh? . Diction . Diction has to do with the author’s word choice. What words are he/she choosing to get his/her point across? Denotation: This is the LITERAL meaning of a word. Dictionary definition

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Diction and Connotation

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  1. Diction and Connotation Huh?

  2. Diction • Diction has to do with the author’s word choice. • What words are he/she choosing to get his/her point across? • Denotation: This is the LITERALmeaning of a word. • Dictionary definition • Connotation: Ideas or feelings that a word creates inside the reader. • Levels of Diction: • Formal • Informal • Slang/Colloquial • HOW DOES DICTION AFFECT TONE?

  3. Levels of Diction • Formal: Elevated/archaic • Informal: Standard language • Slang/Colloquial: Low diction (ultra informal) • If you were addressing your boss in an email, you would most likely use… • If you were sending a text to your girlfriend/boyfriend, you would most likely use… • If you were talking to your parents, you would most likely use…

  4. Connotation

  5. You may live in a house, but we live in a home.

  6. The denotation (literal meaning) of home and house = roughly “a dwelling place”

  7. What do you think of when you hear… House Home Maybe… Maybe… **Roof **Comfort **Structure **Love **Place where people **Security live **Privacy **Warmth Think about this: What do you think it means when realtors use the word home more frequently than they do house?

  8. Positive and Negative Connotation Negative Neutral Positive Chick Woman Lady

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