Chapter II Diction
Chapter II Diction
Principles: ppropriate exact idiomatic interestine
Principles: appropriate; exact; idiomatic; interesting
appropriate Types of words &types of writing style
appropriate • Types of words &types of writing style
1. Types of Words Common words Formal and technical words Nonstandard words
1. Types of Words • Common words • Formal and technical words • Nonstandard words
2. writing styles formal, common colloquial
2. writing styles: • formal, common, colloquial
Common Words The core of the english vocabulary Only a few thousand Can be used on any occasion Be used by ordinary pe eople for ordinary purposes
Common Words • The core of the English vocabulary • Only a few thousand • Can be used on any occasion • Be used by ordinary people for ordinary purposes
Formal and technical word Be used by people of special professions or fields, on special occasions or for special purposes Among them are political, legal scientific, technical, business and literary words
Formal and technical words • Be used by people of special professions or fields, on special occasions or for special purposes • Among them are political, legal, scientific, technical, business and literary words
Nonstandard Words Used by people who are not well educated or by y people of special groups We need to understand them but should avoid using them Among them are slang, jargon, dialectal and obsolete words
Nonstandard Words • Used by people who are not well educated or by people of special groups. • We need to understand them but should avoid using them. • Among them are slang, jargon, dialectal and obsolete words
Examples CO policeman cop shop police station cook-out picnic hothead bad-Tempered · horse( common) steed, charger (formal/literary) nag(nonstandard
Examples: • cop policeman • cop shop police station • cook-out picnic • hothead bad-tempered • horse (common) steed, charger (formal/literary) nag (nonstandard)
Exact Synonyms The meaning of a word denotative: what it literally means, as defined by the dictionary Connotative: the feeling or idea suggested by i
Exact • Synonyms • The meaning of a word: • denotative: what it literally means, as defined by the dictionary. • Connotative: the feeling or idea suggested by it
