Language and Style

Question 1

Audience

Answer 1

Authors tend to write to a particular audience, whether kids, or young adults, or specialist within a field. The audience can affect the mood and tone of the writing because different audiences have different expectations.

Audience refers to who will be reading the work.

Question 2

Cliché

Answer 2

A cliché is a phrase or idea that has been used to the extent that it has lost its original meaning—and its allure.

“All that glitters is not gold.”

Question 3

Colloquialism

Answer 3

informal and conversational, and more suitable for use in speech than in writing.

“ Catch you later” – farewell, goodbye.

Question 4

Diction

Answer 4

the words the writer chooses to use. The decision to use one word instead of another, even when they have similar meanings, changes the reader’s interpretation.