Language in Literature
www2.anglistik.uni-freiburg.de › intranet › englishbasicsJohn Dryden, for example, famously agonised over the appropriateness of the word ‘marjoram’ (the herb) for the middle style (he eventually decided it was too low a word). Poetry, perhaps more than other types of literary texts, tends to use words or phrases that are not current in ordinary conversation, so-called poetic diction .
EFFECTIVE USE OF LANGUAGE
faculty.washington.edu › ezent › elGood writers, in other words, use language which is straightforward and to-the-point. Consider the following examples. (1) It is widely discussed by employees that many of them will be forced to change jobs and take on new responsibilities when the merger takes place between the two companies.