ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -In writing, diction is the strategic choice of words based on the audience, context, or situation. It can also express additional meanings or particular styles. The words you’d choose in an email to your teacher or work colleague are different from the words you’d choose when speaking to a close friend-that’s diction.

Detailed explanation-2: -Definition: Diction is word choice. Explanation: In both writing and speech, words are selected based on the audience–the reader(s) or listener(s). The writer decides on the level of diction that is appropriate for that specific audience. 1.

Detailed explanation-3: -In literature and fiction writing, writers often use informal diction and figures of speech-words used for non-literal meanings, like similes and metaphors. If a scientist is publishing a paper on their research, however, the language will be technical, concise, and formal, written for a specific audience.

Detailed explanation-4: -Archaic. old, ancient, primitive. Artificial. false, insincere, contrived. Bombastic. pompous, ostentatious. Colloquial. vernacular (slang) Concrete. actual, specific, particular. Connotative. alludes to; suggestive. Cultured. cultivated, refined, enlightened. Detached. cut-off, removed, separated. More items

Detailed explanation-5: -Formal Diction. In the case of formal diction, the writers make use of sophisticated language that does not have any slang or colloquialisms. Informal Diction. Pedantic Diction. Colloquial Diction. Slang Diction. Abstract. Concrete Diction. Poetic Diction.