Diction/ Dialect, Subjects, Verbs

Diction

The Author’s intentional arrangements of phrases, words, grammer, and sentence structures that set the tone/ mood and characterize the writing

Types of Diction

Colloquial

Vernacular

Connotation

Denotation

Jargon

Colloquial

ordinary or familiar type of conversation/ slang not regional

Vernacular

Language or dialect of a particular county, region or group

Connotation

Rather than the dictionary def its the associates/ vibes of the word

Denotation

Dictionary def

Jargon

Diction used by group which practices a similar profession or activity

Sentences

A phrase that contains a subject and a verb that express a complete thought

Verbs

4 types of verbs and it means doing something

Action Verbs

Linking Verbs

Helping Verbs

Adverbs

Action Verbs

physically or mentally doing something ex. run , feel, loving walking

Linking verbs

Shows a state of being/ link a subject to more information

Can be interchangeable with an equal sign.

Cannot be followed by action verbs, only by adjectives and nouns

. Exs. is, am, are, was, were, be

Helping Verbs

Helps form an action verb and often looks like a linking verb; -ing action verbs cannot exist without helping verbs

Only come before action verbs never after

Verb Phrases

when we have 2 or more verb phrases together in the same sentence only between helping and actions

Adverbs

words that end in n’t, and never are not part of verb phrases

Infinitive

to + verb

Ex. To be or not to be

Olivia will not run to school

Olivia = subject

Will= Helping verb

Run = Action verb