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Every Word Counts
• In 10 words or less, describe:
• The most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen
• In 10 words or less, describe:
• The ugliest thing you’ve ever seen
Diction
• A writer’s choice of words
• Helps create a writer’s style
• Like imagery, can emphasize certain aspects of what’s being described.
Denotation v. Connotation
• Denotation: The literal meaning of a word (what you might find in the dictionary)
• Connotation: All the associations and emotions that have come to be attached to a word