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The New Writing with a Purpose,
Fourteenth Edition
Joseph F. Trimmer, Ball State University
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End-of-Chapter Activities
Chapter 10: Diction: The Choice of Words
- How does audience effect a writer's diction? For this exercise, write three separate paragraphs or series of paragraphs describing the concept of cyberspace, for three very different audiences. The first description is for an encyclopedia article about the Internet, the second is for a writing contest sponsored by a science fiction magazine, and the third is for a person who has been magically transported to the present day from the year 1960 and has never before seen a computer. How will your diction change for each audience?
Write three different pieces about a natural event (such as a sunset, a snowstorm, a flood, a full moon, etc.), using language ranging from very formal for the first piece to very informal for the third piece. Does the formality or informality of your voice affect the concreteness of your descriptions or your use of devices such as similes, metaphors, and analogies? Which piece do you think is most effective? Why?
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