https://padlet.com/mortonsean/clq5152fzt9s en-us 2016-12-05 17:58:41 UTC 2025-12-03 20:23:25 UTC hello@padlet.com mortonsean https://padlet.com/mortonsean/clq5152fzt9s/wish/141840681 The word is diction (dik-shuh n).]]> 2016-12-05 18:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mortonsean/clq5152fzt9s/wish/141840681 mortonsean https://padlet.com/mortonsean/clq5152fzt9s/wish/141841195 The diction of the author is key to understanding how they tell their story.]]> 2016-12-05 18:38:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mortonsean/clq5152fzt9s/wish/141841195 mortonsean https://padlet.com/mortonsean/clq5152fzt9s/wish/141841296 Definition: the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. (Google)]]> 2016-12-05 18:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mortonsean/clq5152fzt9s/wish/141841296 mortonsean https://padlet.com/mortonsean/clq5152fzt9s/wish/141842801

(Google Play)]]> 2016-12-05 18:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mortonsean/clq5152fzt9s/wish/141842801 mortonsean https://padlet.com/mortonsean/clq5152fzt9s/wish/141843608 Synonyms: eloquence, phrasing, inflection
Antonyms: conciseness
(Thesaurus.com)]]> 2016-12-05 18:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mortonsean/clq5152fzt9s/wish/141843608 mortonsean https://padlet.com/mortonsean/clq5152fzt9s/wish/141845309 An experience that I have had that connects to this word was writing an essay about the novel "The Things They Carried". The essay discussed how linguistic choices were important to the story, and diction was one of the major ones. The way the author had arranged the words led to the readers discovering deeper meanings about the story.]]> 2016-12-05 18:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mortonsean/clq5152fzt9s/wish/141845309 mortonsean https://padlet.com/mortonsean/clq5152fzt9s/wish/142339568 Diction can be found in any book because the author has to arrange their words in some way. If you analyze something you're reading you can find the reasons an author used diction the way they did .]]> 2016-12-07 16:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mortonsean/clq5152fzt9s/wish/142339568 mortonsean https://padlet.com/mortonsean/clq5152fzt9s/wish/142345269 "Only his diction was a little different as he spoke each word incisively and slowly, carefully specifying each punctuation mark and paragraph" (ChicagoTribune)

The article is describing FDR's speech after the attack on Pearl Harbor and talks about how he used diction to deliver the speech with greater impact.]]> 2016-12-07 16:51:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mortonsean/clq5152fzt9s/wish/142345269 https://padlet.com/mortonsean/clq5152fzt9s/wish/251605099 2018-04-13 15:27:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mortonsean/clq5152fzt9s/wish/251605099 https://padlet.com/mortonsean/clq5152fzt9s/wish/251605179 2018-04-13 15:27:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mortonsean/clq5152fzt9s/wish/251605179