An indirect reference to something (usually a literary text, although it can be other things commonly know, such as plays, songs, historical events) with which the reader is supposed to be familiar.

• allusion

• diction

• jargon

• rhetoric

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Word choice, particularly as an element of style.

• diction

• allusion

• tone

• logos

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Ordinary of familiar type of conversation.

• connotation

• colloquial

• denotation

• vernacular

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Rather than the dictionary definition, the associations suggested by a word. Implied meaning rather than literal meaning.

• colloquial

• connotation

• denotation

• jargon

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The literal, explicit meaning of a word, without its connotations.

• diction

• vernacular

• syntax

• denotation

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the diction used by a group which practices a similar profession or activity.

• jargon

• vernacular

• colloquial

• diction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Language or dialect of a particular country, region, clan, or group. Plain everyday speech.

• colloquial

• connotation

• denotation

• vernacular

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the art of effective communication

• rhetoric

• rhetorical question

• syntax

• diction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

question not asked for information but for the effect.

• rhetorical

• syntax

• allusion

• satirical

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

grammatical arrangement of words. the grouping of words.

• tone

• diction

• allusion

• syntax

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D