PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Diction
- Diction is the author's use of language, or choice of words.
- There is High Diction
- And there is low diction
- formal and informal, respectively
Low diction
- is informal language
- Words like yummy, and more casual language is low diction
- one might say mr. bear has low diction
Mr. Bear has low diction, correct his choice of words.
High Diction
- Is Formal language
- Words like thou and art. More shakesperian language would be high diction
Mr. Bear's Wife, Mrs Bear has high diction
Slang
- words like bet and slick are slang
- this is highly informal, and more likely than not, not real words.
- These words should not be used in writing.
Dialect
- Dialect is regional accentustion, articulstion and vocabulary
- A southern accent would be dialect.
Jargon
- Jargon is a set of complex vocabulary relating to a topic
- Music Jargon is different than science jargon
- Those not well versed in the topic are likely to not understand the jargon.
Colloquialism
- Colloquialism is the use of informal and nonliterary words.
- This type of language is prodomanintly used in conversation.
- This, like slang, should never be used in writing.
When the bears talk to each other they are colloquial
although the bears speak different, they hope you learned something