Sunday, October 24, 2010

Class Notes-Weak One Sep13-17

,Week One
  • Poetry - language that is condensed to an artist effect.

·Diction- Choice and use of words in speech or writing

  • Denotation - refers to the literal meaning of a word, the "dictionary definition."
  • Connotation - refers to the associations that are connected to a certain word or the emotional suggestions related to that word.

Concrete vs. abstraction  

clothes                            pants                         jeans                                   Levis 
<-------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
Abstracts                                                                                                                     Concrete 
  • after a certain point, being so specific becomes absurd. 

·Precision- The state or quality of being precise; exactness

Elevation vs. Colloquialism 

Slang                    Colloquial                           Elevated                 Epic diction
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            Informal                                                                                                   Formal

  • dialect - a form of a language spoken in a particular geographical area or by members of a particular social class or occupational group, distinguished by its vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation
  • Jargon-  language that is specific to a profession 
  • Regionalism - A certain form of speech or phrases that are specific to a specific area

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