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LEAD

• Hobbs High

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L

• Low or informal diction (slang, jargon, dialect,
  colloquial, idiomatic).
• Slang-everyday talknot formal
• Jargontechnical terms for specific thing
• Ex. Windows, mouse, baseball out, spit ball
• Dialect how people talk in a certain area.
• Ex. Yall you guys hard rs Boston no r.

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L

• COLLOQUIAL--- HOW WE SPEAK INFORMALLY, FORMAL
• Idiomaticphrases and words dont mean what they
  really say.
• Kick the bucket bought the farm fly the coup

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E

• Elevated language or formal diction

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A

• Abstract or concrete
  diction
• Are you speaking generally or specifically?

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D

• Denotation or connotation?
• Denotation dictionary meaning
• Connotation cultural meaning