Dialogue Flashcards
1
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Diction
A
Word choice and purposeful arrangement of words that affect meaning in speech and writing
2
Q
Jargon
A
Specialized and often highly technical language
3
Q
Colloquial
A
Demonstrating characteristics of conversational or informal speech
4
Q
Idiom
A
Type of figurative speech, specialized vocabulary particular to a language, region, or group
5
Q
Slang
A
Words used in informal speech that aren’t always grammatically correct, sometimes not even found in the dictionary
6
Q
Vernacular
A
Language spoken by a particular group of people
7
Q
Connotation
A
What a word suggests of implies, the feeling it gives you
8
Q
Denotation
A
The dictionary definition of a word
