Vocab Terms #18-21 By Jessalyn Sturm and Myah McCormick 4th hour AP Language and Composition

Denotation The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude or color.

Example of Denotation The literal meaning of the word dove is “a type of pigeon , a wild and domesticated bird having a heavy body and short legs.” However in literature dove is often used as a symbol of peace. When reading you have to decide is the author is implying the denotation of the word or something more.

Refers to an author’s choice of words. Diction Refers to an author’s choice of words.

Example of Diction A great example of literature that utilizes uncommon forms of diction is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. One of the many examples could be: “I knowed he was white inside, and I reckoned he'd say what he did say - so it was all right, now, and I told Tom I was agoing for a doctor.”

Didactic From the Greek, didactic literally means “teaching” Didactic words have the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of a moral or ethical principle.

Example of Didactic George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a moral and didactic tale that uses the various animals on the farm to expose the greed and corruption of the Communist Revolution of Russia before WWII.

Ethos Ethos is the characteristic spirit or ideal that reforms a work. Ethos also refers to more generally to ethics, or values. In rhetorical writing, authors often attempt to persuade readers by appealing to their sense of ethos, or ethical principles.

Example of Ethos “Doctors all over the world recommend this type of treatment.” This would be considered ethos because people generally believe the opinions of doctors when it concerns medical matters.

Matching: 1. Didactic 2. Denotation 3. Ethos 4. Diction A: __ is the characteristic spirit or ideal that informs the work. Authors persuade readers by appealing to their ___, or ethical principles. B: the strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word. C: refers to an authors choice of words. D: from the Greek, ___ literally means “teaching”. ____ words have the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles.

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