Diction and Connotation Huh?. Diction Diction has to do with the author’s word choice. What words...

Diction and Connotation

Huh?

Diction Diction has to do with the author’s word choice.

What words are he/she choosing to get his/her point across?

Denotation: This is the LITERAL meaning of a word. Dictionary definition

Connotation: Ideas or feelings that a word creates inside the reader.

Levels of Diction: Formal Informal Slang/Colloquial

HOW DOES DICTION AFFECT TONE?

Levels of DictionFormal: Elevated/archaic

Informal: Standard language

Slang/Colloquial: Low diction (ultra informal)

If you were addressing your boss in an email, you would most likely use…

If you were sending a text to your girlfriend/boyfriend, you would most likely use…

If you were talking to your parents, you would most likely use…

Connotation

You may live in a house, but we live in a home.

The denotation (literal meaning) of home and

house = roughly “a dwelling place”

What do you think of when you hear…

House HomeMaybe… Maybe…

**Roof **Comfort

**Structure **Love

**Place where people **Security

live **Privacy

**Warmth

Think about this: What do you think it means when realtors use the word home more frequently than they do house?

Positive and Negative Connotation

Negative NeutralPositive

Chick WomanLady