Sunday, May 8, 2011

Diction

The Technical Stuff:
Choice and use of words in speech or writing.

Example:
"Words strain,
Crack and sometimes break, under the burden,
Under the tension, slip, slide, perish,
Decay with imprecision, will not stay in place,
Will not stay still."
(T.S. Eliot, "Burnt Norton")

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