What is an example of poetic diction?

Answer 1

Colloquial refers to ways things are said in a local area, that might be different to other parts. It is a local slang. An example of colloquial diction in a literary piece can be seen in Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, where the main characters Huck and especially Jim (the black slave) speak using slang.

Answer 2

-"One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called 'weasel words.' When a weasel sucks eggs the meat is sucked out of the egg. If you use a 'weasel word' after another, there is nothing left of the other."

(Theodore Roosevelt, 1916)

"Words strain,

Crack and sometimes break, under the burden,

Under the tension, slip, slide, perish,

Decay with imprecision, will not stay in place,

Will not stay still."

(T.S. Eliot, "Burnt Norton")

Diction refers to the wording choice of an author, so to discuss diction, you would cite individual words the author uses along with how the words hint at the tone. For instance, if the author employs an austere tone, you might cite words such as "frown," "tightly pulled back hair," or "glare." The purpose of diction and tone is that their pairing in turn helps bring forth the author's intended message, or theme.

Diction is the author's choice of words to specify a tone to the writing.

Example: ominous glow vs. beaming light.

They both pertain to light, but create a different feeling due to the choice of words.

Another definition is how you speak and involves not only word choice, but accent, inflection, and so on.

Example: "He has the reputation of a non-biased reporter, but his diction on the air suggests otherwise."

Answer 3

Poetic diction refers to a general style of poetry that survived into the 19th century, but that was deplored by the modernists of the 20th century and beyond. It is the basic idea that a special vocabulary is needed for poetry; some words are not 'suitable' for poetic expression. Using words like o'er in place of over, ebon in place of black, and other kinds of words and groups of words that now seem quaint, archaic or sanctimonious-- they are all part of the long past use of poetic diction. Poetry still goes full-force into the sound, rhythms and structures of language, but it is something like adding chromatic harmonies to something written in C major.

Answer 4

Diction is how a word is pronounced. Authors have to be careful with diction because the way someone pronounces a word can profoundly change the character's personality.

Examples:

An American Southerner saying, "I like my eggs scrambled, please," would pronounce it:

"Ah like mah eggs scrambled, pleez."

A Russian person might say, "What are you talking about? They do not have any diseases," like this: "Vat you say? They no have disease."

Or a Canadian might say the word about more like, a boot. ____________________ If you want words that have 'diction' as the root, you can use dictionary, contradiction, jurisdiction, interdiction.

Answer 5

The word diction means to speak clearly. "Her dictionwhile giving the speech was flawless."

Answer 6

it is when you eat pie but think it is gross?

Answer 7

Your diction can be improved by studying the way the written language is verbalized.

Answer 8

We'll work on your diction in our next session.

Answer 9

The diction of the speaker was very bad. It is an example sentence using the word diction.

Answer 10

I don't know hunnI don't know hunn