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Diction is word choice and phrasing. It can be formal or colloquial. Syntax is the sentence structure. A

sentence could be simple, compound, or complex.

The president’s State of the Union Address is formal writing.

The words that people use talk to each other is colloquial.

The way that we talk to each other everyday is considered formal diction.

Allusion is a passing reference in a work of literature to another literary or historic work, figure, or event, or to a literary passage.

The reference is not explained.

All the names in Song of Solomon are allusions.

“I am not a crook” is an allusion to President Nixon.

Analogy is the comparison of a subject to something that is similar to it in order to clarify the subject’s nature, purpose, or function.

Some similes and metaphors are based on analogies between qualities shared by the subject and the thing to which it is compared.

1. Glove is to hand as monitor is to computer.

2. Surfs are to a king as earth is to the sun. 3. Furs were to North American aboriginals

as credit is to a shopper These are all examples of analogies because

they are comparing one thing to something else to give the reader a better understanding.