word choices
Language selection process
Word choices refers to the specific words a writer or speaker selects to convey meaning, tone, and style.
The phrase usually appears in discussions of effective communication: Her word choices made the technical material accessible to beginners.
Careful word choices can sharpen an argument, while careless ones muddle it.
Also called diction in more formal contexts.
- dictionChoice of words
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- phrasingManner of expressing something
- turn of phraseDistinctive verbal expression
- languageSystem of symbolic communication
deliberate · precise · careful · eloquent · clumsy · apt · nuance · connotation · loaded language · expression · selection · craft · edit · revise · prose · purple prose · plain language · voice
- Bible translationRSV, modern translation, revision, Hebrew text, Greek text
- dialectregionalisms, vernacular, localisms, rural dialect, patois
- dialectsregional dialect, local dialect, patois, vernaculars, vernacular
word choicesgrammar
Language's structural rules
syntax · punctuation · sentence structure · mechanics · formatting
word choicesverbal tics
filler words · stream of consciousness · blurting · spontaneous expression
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