1. Changing Diction Notice how the following has been changed from simple words to “fancy” words.

2. Row, Row, Row your boat (Simple) 1 - Row, row, row your boat 2- Gently down the stream 3- Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily 4- Life is but a dream

3. Row, Row, Row your boat (Fancy) 1- Propel, propel, propel your craft 2- Placidly down the liquid solution 3- Ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically 4- Existence is merely an illusion

4. Now Change the Follow to “Fancy” diction 1- The itsy bitsy spider 2- Crawled up the water spout 3- Down came the rain 4- And washed the spider out 5- Out came the sun and dried up all the rain 6- And the itsy bitsy spider 7- Crawled up the spout again