1. Diction and Connotation
Huh?

2. 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?

3. Levels of Diction Formal: Elevated/archaic Informal: Standard language
Slang/Colloquial: Low diction (ultra informal)
If you were addressing your boss in an , 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…

4. Connotation

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

6. The denotation (literal meaning) of home and house = roughly “a dwelling place”

7. What do you think of when you hear…
House Home
Maybe… 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?

8. Positive and Negative Connotation
Negative Neutral Positive
Chick Woman Lady