Word Choice

 

  • Depending on their purpose, writers select words that create either pleasant or unpleasant responses.

  • While denotative language is commonly used in informational writing such as textbooks, connotative language is frequently used in the persuasive writing of editorials, book and film reviews, advertisements, and political speeches.

  • These written forms rely on words with strong connotations, on those words with the power to sway emotions and influence the reader and what the writer may infer.

  • Word choice is often an indication of the writer's attitude toward the subject and should provide you with yet another clue for making valid inferences and drawing reasonable conclusions.
You can often infer a writer's unspoken attitude by the words used.
  • It is important to recognize both the denotative and connotative language the writer has chosen to express ideas and opinions.


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Lunsford, Everything's an Argument


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