Using Good Diction Diction  is just a fancy way of saying 'word choice.' That is, when someone tells you that you have 'good diction,' they're saying that you have a good vocabulary and you use it well. Having good diction is an essential part of writing well no matter what kind of writing you're doing. Diction is the key to developing your style, tone, and point of view. ... Good diction requires you to strike a balance between the dull and wordy while still sounding natural. ...

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Use of Diction in a Hamlet Monologue. "To be or not to be that is the question." So begins one of the most famous monologues in the whole of Shakespeare's portfolio. The monologue did not win fame purely by chance. It is a deep, moving monologue that is written with such eloquence that a simp...

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Poets use diction to express a thought or to translate a message. Poets" diction change according to they themselves, their characteristics, or the audience in which the poem is referring to. Derek Walcott uses diction to certain varying degrees, to express a thought and to evoke emotion. The poets" diction is further cultivated when they use a certain style, imagery and the readers thoughts towards the mood. ... Diction is important in writing because without thought messages cannot be transmitted effectively. ...

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Oliver's style and her response to nature are dependent on parallelism, diction, and syntax. ... Her diction is through her word usage, and hyperbole. ... The diction in this passage reflects Oliver's feelings toward certain things in nature. ... Parallelism, diction, and syntax are very important in this passage because each technique is used separately and also blended with other techniques to create the whole effect of this piece. ...

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Lastly Orenstein's use of diction brings a sense of relief, her uses of words and phrases presents a greater extent of the author. ... In conclusion Orenstein's use of rhetorical appeal, style and diction allow the essay to integrate together into theory and supporting evidence. ... Lastly, diction presents the reader with a more relatable author rather than being bombarded with endless information on subjects. ...

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The author uses diction, allusion and irony to create this tone. ... Throughout the poem, the author uses diction that has a connotation of a fairy tale or fantasy story. ... A third irony is the contrast between the tone and the diction. ...

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By exploring the passionate and sympathetic tone of the narrator, its image, and the diction, this paper argues that this poem expresses romanticism. ... In poetry, diction is basically the choice of words used. ... By looking at the poems tone, image, and diction, it can be seen that William Wordsworth poem "Strange Fits of Passion have I known" is that of a romantic one....

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When Oliver starts describing the grasshopper, a minute aspect of creation that she can empathize with, she uses clearly defined diction in paradox Oliver sees a picture of her "wild and precious life" in the ordinary doings of this sugar-happy insect, known more for its wanton destructiveness than its bliss. ... " This diction shows that Oliver implies that the power of life is extreme; it needs to be protected and experienced to the fullest. ...

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"A Good Man is Hard to Find" and " Good Country People" Flannery O" Conner expresses his writing through many diverse elements and ideas. The two short stories " A Good Man is Hard to Find" and "Good Country People" have similar meanings that are portrayed in situations that are different. T...

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GB used this diction to show the reader the mood a funeral usually gives. ... He effectively did so by the use of his choice of diction, line sketching, and coloring to implant the emotion into the reader his father had. ...

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In Franz Kafka's novella "The Metamorphosis," he reveals that alienation can be shown as a path to find truth. He demonstrates this through the usage of diction, imagery, and sentence structure. Kafka utilizes these methods in order to convey a message of self-discovery and a kind of hope that peopl...

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Shakespeare's sonnet 23 embodies the speaker's intense but also restrained love due to his timidity and tizzy. By using metonymy, repetition and choosing effective diction, Shakespeare expresses his deep but silent love to the young man in the poem which make readers resonate with such a complex emo...

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2 Poems "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost begins with admiration of the beautiful and tranquil woods. As the poems continues, it becomes clear that it is man, traveler on a horse drawn carriage stopping to see the beautiful woods. As the poem goes on there is a major chang...

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For this particular essay, the assignment was to assign a grade to an essay provided by the instructor and to identify any errors or weaknesses in the paper. This essay was titled "Evaluation of the Internet Site for "The USGenWeb Project." The paper addressed 5 key issues that one may question wh...

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