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CREATIVE WRITING Flashcards

1
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Define as the choice of words by a speaker or a writer
-choice words

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Diction

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Is the dictionary definition of a word

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Denotation

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Is the association we put on words

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Connotation

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Qualities of an effective diction

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Appropriateness- writers care about who will be reading

Specificity- refer to uniquely individual persons, events
-concrete- attract our senses
-abstract- words related to concepts

Imagery- suggests pictures

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Types of diction

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Formal
Informal
-Colloquialisms
-Slang
Jargon

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6
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Is where formal words used
e.g press conference, presentations

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Formal diction

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7
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Is used in informal situations like writing or talking to our friends

-type of diction used in email, personal letter

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Informal diction

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Used words common in everyday speech
-highly informal

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Colloquialisms

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9
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Least formal
Is determined by the audience

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Slang

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10
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Specialized language of a particular group

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Jargon

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Things to consider in diction

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Vagueness
Accuracy
Precision
Concreteness
Appropriateness

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12
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It conveys more than one meaning

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Vagueness

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13
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Being certain of its Intended meanings

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Accuracy

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14
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Used most be appreciate to the cultural, temporal

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Precision

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15
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Is preferred over a general or abstract word choice

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Concreteness

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Is preferred over a general or abstract word choice

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Concreteness

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17
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Also anchored two questions;
“What is my purpose?” “Who is my audience?”

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Appropriateness

18
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word used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical or vivid effect

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figures of speech

19
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taking words wihtout methapor

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literal

20
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art of persuasive speaking/writing

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rhetoric

21
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kinds of figurative language

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simile
metaphor
metonymy
personification
synecdoche
irony
apostrophe
hyperbole
paradox
idiomatic expression
euphemism
alliteration
anaphora
antithesis
assonance
epiphora
oxymoron
pun

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comparing two unlike things

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simile
ex. friends are like parachutes

23
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hidden comparison between two things
-compares unrelated sub

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metaphor
ex. the planet is your playground

24
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word is substitued for another closely associated with it

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metonymy
ex. I pledge my service to the CROWN
CROWN= king and kingdom

25
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which human characteristics are attributed to an abstract quality, animal inanimate object

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personification
ex. the tree bowed and waved to me

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something is used to represent the whole

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synecdoche
ex. sixty hands voted

27
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there is a contradiction between what is said what is really meant

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irony

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types of irony

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verbal- opposite meaning inferred
EX. Clear as mud

dramatic- audience know something a character does not
EX. romeo believes juliet is dead

situational- contrast to actual result
EX. robbers stole from police station

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exclamatory rhetorical figure of speech

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apostrophe

30
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uses exaggerations to create emphasis

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hyperbole
ex. im so hungry I could eat a horse

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statement appears to contradict itself

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paradox
ex. less is more

32
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expression in one language that cannot be matched translated word-for-word

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idiomatic
ex. hold your tounge

33
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expressed mild or vague term to substitute harsh

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euphemism
ex. passed away for “died”

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repetition of initial sounds

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alliteration
ex. Fresh Fern Fronds From the Forest

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repetition of sequence of words at the beginning

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anaphora
ex. YOU ARE loved. YOU ARE beautiful

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juxtaposition of contrasting ideas

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antithesis
ex. too many choices. too little time

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repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming

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assonance
ex. A certain purple curtain, captain

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repetition of sequence words at the end

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epiphora
ex. a government of THE PEOPLE, by THE PEOPLE, for THE PEOPLE

39
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combines contradictory terms

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oxymoron
ex. open secret, virtual reality

40
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word play that suggests two or more meaning, similar sounding words

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pun
ex. atheism is a NONPROPHET institution

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