DIDLS Flashcards

Diction, Imagery, Details, Language, and Syntax

Use diction to find tone. Use imagery, details, language, and syntax to support tone.

The author's choice of words and their connotations.

<p>The use of descriptions that appeal to sensory experience.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Facts included or those omitted.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Characteristics of the body of words used.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The way sentences are constructed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>High/formal diction contains language that creates an elevated tone.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Neutral diction uses standard language without elaborate words.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Informal/low diction is the language of everyday use.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A group of recently coined words used in informal situations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nonstandard, often regional, ways of using language suitable for informal speech.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Words and expressions characteristic of a particular trade or profession.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A nonstandard subgroup of a language with its own vocabulary and grammatical features.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Specific words that describe physical qualities or conditions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Language that denotes ideas, emotions, conditions, or concepts that are intangible.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The exact, literal definition of a word without emotional associations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The implicit meaning of a word, including associations and emotional overtones.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of a word.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A word exchanged for another closely associated with it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Comparing two things that have at least one thing in common.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Substituting a milder or less offensive sounding word.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Universal comments, sayings, or proverbs that convey a major point.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A statement that can be true and false at the same time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A question that expects no answer; it creates thought.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An assertive statement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An authoritative command.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A sentence that asks a question.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A sentence with one subject and one verb.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A sentence with details after the subject and verb.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A sentence with details before the subject and verb.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Placing normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases next to each other.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Showing equal ideas for emphasis or rhythm.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Words, sounds, and ideas used more than once for rhythm or emphasis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A sentence shorter than five words in length.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sentences approximately five words in length.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sentences approximately 18 words in length.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sentences 30 or more words in length.</p> Signup and view all the answers