-The choice of words
-Style of expression an author makes in his/her work
DICTION
TYPES OF WORD CHOICE
(C.C.I.J.S)
Colloquialism
Connotation
Jargons
Idioms
Slangs
-A word or phrase used every day in plain and relaxed speech, but rarely found in formal writing.
COLLOQUIALISM
-charot
-jowa
-lodi
-anyare
-other proverbs and aphorisms
COLLOQUIALISM
-Is the use of a word to suggest a different association than its literal meaning, which is known as denotation.
CONNOTATION
-snakes could mean evil or dangerous
-rose could mean love
-symbolisms
CONNOTATION
-An ___ symbolic sense is quite different from the literal meaning or definition of the words of which it is made.
idiom
-cry over spilled milk
-call it a day
-break a leg
idiom
-Is terminology that is used in relation to specific activity, profession, group, event. It may not be understood outside the context
JARGONS
-heart attack
-DNA
-software
-square root
jargons
-is an informal nonstandard variety of speech characterized by newly coined and rapidly changing words and phrases.
SLANGS
-ghost/ ghosting
-cap
-flex
-goat
-OMG
SLANGS
