Diction

Read this statement: "Those delightful children are a joy to see playing in my yard. Their bright faces and silly antics bring a smile to my face." The diction that conveys a positive and warm tone included:

• yard, face, antics

• bright, smile, delightful

• children, playing, yard

• face, see, yard

Which phrase has a positive tone?

• They are terrorists!

• They are freedom fighters!

Which phrase has a negative tone?

• The flower's scrawny stalk bent in the wind.

• The flower's slender stem dances in the wind.

Which phrase has a neutral tone (shows neither a positive nor negative tone -- objective)?

• The much-anticipated event at the glamorous new arena featured singers, dancers, and musicians, performing for 25,000 delighted spectators.

• The event at the arena featured singers, dancers, and musicians, performing for 25,000 spectators.

• The ill-planned event at the run-down arena featured second-rate singers, amateur dancers, and so-called musicians, performing for 25,000 raucous spectators.

Read this statement: "The race was going to be my power run, where I would show my competitors my fierce skills and dominate them mightily." The diction that conveys a confident tone includes:

• run, competitors, skills

• race, skills, show

• fierce, dominate, power

• them, run, show

The word mocking has a

• negative connotation

• positive connotation

When analayzing diction, we should look at the entire sentence

• True

• False

I will address that issue right away.

• Formal

• Informal

• Colloquial

• Slang

Which of the following is the correct DENOTATION for "stern"?
Her black-framed glasses and tight bun lent her a stern appearance.

• The back end of a boat

• Expressing strong disapproval

• Forbidding or gloomy in appearance

"Hey, kid. Nice to meet ya. What's up?"

• Formal

• Informal

• Colloquial

• Slang