diction
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈdɪkʃən/
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elección de palabras
- We give them specific diction based on education, region, and family.
- poetic diction
- diction and syntax
- diction and tone
What the the calisthenics that they have to go through with their diction and their vocab choices.
- What the the calisthenics that they have to go through with their diction and their vocab choices.
- Can the democratic poet rise to the greatest philosophical questions if he has to strip them of philosophical diction?
- I found, you know, his, his diction a bit difficult myself to, to, to, to read, but that was just because I hadn't gotten used to his own way of, of talking.
- And I think once the students get beyond, some of the translators have a bit of of, you know, the in Vowie kind of diction to it.
Examples
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Can you explain to me the difference between "sung-speech" diction and "rhythmic" diction?
Academic text (1990) -
All music teachers can model good and poor tone quality, style, diction, articulation, and phrasing, among other things.
Academic text (2007) -
How would you describe the varying diction used in this piece?
Fiction book (2000) -
"There are many levels of awareness," he went on, his diction precise, his choice of words exact.
Fiction book (1993) -
In order to have literary style, you must have form, diction, fluidity, clarity.
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For all his clear language, precise diction, and even his famous folk character Jesse B. Semple, Hughes is anything but.
Academic text (2017) -
Comparing translations of poems is a wonderful vehicle for discussing diction, connotation, tone, and the dance between words' music and meaning.
Academic text (2014) -
A plain, direct diction rather than a mannerist, artificial language makes up Arthur's antimetabole.
Academic text (2000) -
The message was gorgeously rubricated, formal in style and diction, but the intent was plain and unmistakable.
Fiction book (1995) -
The author's diction was clear and engaging, making the story easy to follow.
Synonyms
57
3.4
The way words are used to express an idea
31
3.8
The words someone uses to express an idea or feeling
22
3.4
How words are chosen and put together to show meaning
5
8.2
The words and expressions someone uses to say ideas in a particular style
Antonyms
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
diction = dict + ion
Formed from the bound combining form 'dict-' plus the noun suffix '-ion'; because 'dict-' is not a standalone English word, learners cannot reliably derive the meaning from familiar English base words.
Etymology
Diction comes from an old Latin word dicere meaning 'to say', the same root you see in dictate and dictionary. So, when diction means the choice of words, it is about which words you 'say' and how you put them together.