Chapter 3: Creative Writing: Language

Lesson 3. Diction
Rona Mae L. Magno
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Formal
Informal
“Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
Are sweeter: therefore,ye soft pipes, play on”
“Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed
Your leaves, nor ever bid the spring adieu.”
Colloquial
“Busy old fool, unruly Sun,
Why dost thou thus,
Through windows, and through curtains, call on us?
Must to thy motions lovers’ seasons run?
Saucy pedantic wretch,”
Slang
“Good bloom-in, bleed-in Morn-in!
Can’t stop blink-in yawn-in!
The sky’s full of clouds!
The neighbor’s dogs bark too loud!
And I keep flipp-in well groan-in!”