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Firstly, you have to ask yourself what diction exactly is and define it. Diction is the choice and use of words in speech or writing, which basically means in general you are looking to analyse the pattern i...

I am really interested in working voluntary, which is something I have done many times. Lately, I worked voluntary as an English teacher through the Hellenic Red Cross in Greece. My main duties were to teach...

An accent is commonly associated with sounds of a particular variety, so pronunciation. A dialect is commonly associated with the lexis and grammar of a variety e.g. the non-standard 'I were' in some Mancuni...

The socio-linguist, Howard Giles, came up with the concept of 'Communication Accomodation Theory' to demonstrate how we change our language and the way we speak depending on who we are speaking to. His theor...

PAF P - Purpose. What is the text trying to achieve? How is it likely to make the reader respond? A - Audience. Who is the intended reader of the text? You can think about gender, race, age etc. here as well...