diction

= = == == ===**diction media type="file" key="diction.wav"**=== ===(ˈdik-shən) – Related to style, diction refers to the writer’s word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness. For the AP exam, you should be able to describe an author’s diction (for example, formal or informal, ornate or plain) and understand the ways in which diction can complement the author’s purpose. Diction, combined with syntax, figurative language, literary devices, etc., creates an author’s style.=== === === ===**"That there be nothing after to upbraid/Dreamer or doer in the part he play'd,/Whether To-morrow's dawn shall break the spell,/Or the Last Trumpet of the eternal Day,/When Dreaming with the Night shall pass away."** (//Life is a Dream// by Pedro Calderón de la Barca) Daly, Owen. "Pillory Theater." __Pillory Theater Source Material: Life is a Dream__. Pillory Theater Productions. 27 Sep 2007 .=== === === ===**“We wouldn’t ask nobody if we could. Jus’ say, ‘We’ll go to her,’ an’ we would. Jus’ milk the cow and sling some grain to the chickens an’ go to her.”** (//Of Mice and Men// by John Steinbeck)=== === === "Scanlines." __Film &amp; TV: Scanlines (Austin Chonicle. 02-02-98)__. 1999. DesertNet. LCC. 27 Sep 2007  **Bibliography** Calderón de la Barca, Pedro. "Life is a Dream: Seigismund's Monologue." __Monolouge Archive__. Monologue Archive. 27 Sep 2007 . Daly, Owen. "Pillory Theater." __Pillory Theater Source Material: Life is a Dream__. Pillory Theater Productions. 27 Sep 2007 . Steinbeck, John. "Important Quotations Explained." __SparkeNotes: Of Mice and Men: Important Quotes Explained__. 2006. SparkNotes LCC. 27 Sep 2007 &lt;[|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/micemen/quotes.html&gt;.] "diction." __Your Dictionary__. 2007. Houghton Mifflin Company. 27 Sep 2007 . "Marriam-Webster Pronounciation." __Marriam-Webster Pronounciation__. Marriam-Webster. 27 Sep 2007 . "Scanlines." __Film &amp; TV: Scanlines (Austin Chonicle. 02-02-98)__. 1999. DesertNet. LCC. 27 Sep 2007 &lt;[|http://weeklywire.com/ww/02-02-98/austin_screens_scanlines.html&gt;.] ===mweir per.3===