Word Choice
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SJacobsen13 on January 27, 2012
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Word Choice Terms
Classes:
Martin Luther Creative Writing
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word |
| Connotation | the emotional association with the word |
| Accurate | The accepted meaning is correct |
| Precise | Some words are more sharply defined than others |
| Concrete | Evokes an image or experience |
| Appropriate | Choosing correct words for your audience, genre, and circumstances |
| Idiomatic | Using expressions that mean something different than their logical definitions |
| Overwriting | Padding language without adding meaning |
| Overmodification | The unneccessary piling up of descriptive phrases instead of using more precise words |
| Saying it twice | Redundancy |
| Excessive Variation | Thesaurus overload |
| Latinate Diction | Polysyllabic words linked together |
| Archaic Diction | Using outdated words to try and sound poetic |
| Sonic Boom | Words taking too much attention from the meaning |
| Synecdoche | part stands for the whole (private eye) |
| Metonymy | Item used in place of the thing associated with it (Pentagon) |
| Symbol | Image representing something other than itself |
| Metaphor | Something IS something else |
| Similie | Something is LIKE something else |
| Personification | Nonhuman thing given human characteristics or abilities |
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