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- Using the words you want (Taylor)

- Using the correct words you get your point across (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

- Using words to invoke an emotional response from readers (Smith)

References

1. Taylor, Marilyn. “Tips For Finding the Right Words.” Writer 119.12 (2006).
This article looks at the magic found in words. Taylor says that there is power in word selection and combination. Words are capable of creating beauty or ugliness, creating mood, creating imagery, sounds, and smells. However, one must one word can completely change a text. Writers must write deliberately, putting time and energy into “finding precisely the words you want.”
Authors during the Enlightenment were trying to inspire change, so word choice was important. They had to convince readers that change needed to be made so their words had to be powerful. Franklin and Adams both use powerful words to show the negative sides of society and then to express the positive alternatives. This article comes from a scholarly journal.

2."Word Choice in Poetry."Poetry Magic. Web. 2 June 2007. <http://www.poetrymagic.co.uk/wordchoice.html>.
This website discusses the challenges of word choice in poetry as fashions and times change. It gives examples of how the Romantics introduced a new “inner world” with words like “cold, pale, grey, home, child, morning, memory, stir, water, body, shadow, and house.” It goes on to discuss how words never have wholly transparent meanings, but can have multiple meanings depending on their latent associations, textural suggestions, and rhythmic power. According to the website, Poetry Magic is a small publishing company exploiting the new possibilities of the internet and electronic publishing to produce independent specialist guides of a literary nature. It includes many chapters on the aspects of poetry.

3. Taylor, Marilyn. “How to take your poem from forgettable to memorable”. Tip for finding the right words. Dec 2006. 21 June 2007.
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The main purpose of this website is to give some writing tips on how to write a memorable poem. Marilyn Taylor advises writers to follow some steps. The literary term is defined through the examples given by Taylor to the writer as in examining the world around them more closely, acquiring a good thesaurus, and reading other poems for inspiration. This is a credible website given by Taylor for a novice poetry writer.


4. "6+1 Trait® Definitions."Education Northwest. Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, 2010. Web. 14 Jun 2010. <http://educationnorthwest.org/resource/503#Word Choice>.
The web-page defines word choice as "the use of rich, colorful, precise language that communicates not just in a functional way, but in a way that moves and enlightens the reader." The page also provides a brief but well discussed explanation of the use of word choice. Good writing is not necessarily the use of big and complex vocabulary, but portrays a skillful use of everyday words. Word choice helps communicate the author's message, and good word choice will have an affect on the readers by expanding on ideas and arousing new visions. The page does help in understanding selected text because using the information provided, one could see if the author of the text relies on the vocabularies to affect readers or does his/her word choice in the text strengthen or clearly point out the author's message, or both.
The website's purpose is to provide assistance to teachers and is a writing product to also assist beginning writers. The program is developed by professors and a board of educated staff and is hosted by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL), a network of laboratories serving the needs of educators.


5. "Word Choice." The Writing Center: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998. Web. 6 Jun 2008. <http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/word_choice.html>
This is a handout constructed by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on word choice. It is very helpful because it helps in many different areas of writing such as academic, thesis statements and staying clear of using too many words. It also gives examples as well as strategies for success. This handout is creditable because a college constructed it and because it is a .edu.
It defines word choice as the words one chooses to get a point across, and that sometimes word choice is not always clear. This helped me to understand my readings, especially Phillis Wheatley, because her word choice is very articulate and distinct; however, there is more below the surface.

7. Smith, Vivion. “What is Poetry?” English Works! English Tutoring and Writing Center. June 2001. Gallaudet University. 17 June 2008. < http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/literature/poetry.html#syntax >
This is an excellent site for literary terms as it defines the terms and explains their usage in literary genres. The site defines “word choice” as syntax—the order and type of words used by an author. Word choice affects the reader’s emotional response and interpretation of a text. Effective word choice can elicit strong psychological, emotional, and intellectual responses in the reader. Thomas Paine and John Adams, as well as other authors in the Enlightenment era, depended upon word choice to persuade readers to follow the fight for independence or establish a particular type of government. The source is reliable and is presented by the writing center at Gallaudet University.

8. Liebhaber, Karen Powers. "Word Significance, Word Choice, and Title Meaning." Suite 101: Insightful Writers. Informed Readers. 01 Nov 2001. Web. 4 Jun 2009. <http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/20th_century_amer_poetry/83425>.

This website talks about word choice in poetry and literature and specific connotations of words while providing definitions and examples. This a very useful resource because of the examples it provides. It is very important when understand older literature written in the Puritanism period or any other period for that matter but especially with older language dialects being used. Word choice seems to play a very important role. This website is credible because the site compiles the ideas of different writers who have researched the material thoroughly to help us see the meaning of certain texts.

9. “Literary Analysis: Terms.” The Online Writing Lab of Roane State Community College. 5 June 2009. <http://www.rscc.cc.tn.us/owl&writingcenter/OWL/ElementsLit.html>

This site, an online writing lab, provides help for students. The above page, in particular, defines important terminologies for fiction and poetry. Word choice, in poetry, is called diction. “Word choice and usage (for example, formal vs. informal), as determined by considerations of audience and purpose.” This means it is intentional, and the writer should choose his or her words carefully in order to match the intended audience and to convey more meaning and tone. Although I have not researched symbolism yet, I suspect Freneau uses imagery. Wheatley, on the other hand, seems to use word choice to emphasize the duality of an “enlightened” society’s perception. This is a credible website because it is operated as a reference center by the English department of a college.

10. Holcombe, C. John. "Diction in Poetry." textetc.com. Litlangs Ltda., 2007. Web. 11 June 2009. <http://www.textetc.com/traditional/diction.html>.
The main purpose of this website is to clearly define the term ‘word choice’ and to give several examples of how it is used in literature, especially poetry. This website includes topics such as poetic diction, words in context, and different styles associated with word choice. It defines word choice as a poets specific lexicon that emphasis the authors meaning. Understanding this literary term helps me to better understand the texts I am reading for this deadline because I now know what to look for in the poem and I can pick out specific words or phrases that are meant to evoke certain emotions or paint a certain picture in my mind. I would consider this a credible website because it lists the resources of where it found all of the information for the article and it also comes from LitLangs, which is a reputable source that has been around for several years.


11. Smith, Carl B. " Vocabulary: Word Choice in Writing. ERIC Topical Bibliography and Commentary." (2003): 6. Web. 14 Jun 2010. <http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED480634&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED480634>.

The purpose of this website is to provide a commentary on word choice. The article explains the importance of writing as well as the meaning of word choice. Word choice is referred too as six-trait writing. Authors use the six traits such as, ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions. The introduction of six-trait writing is also in the article. This website goes into great detail about word choice, its usage, and the meaning. After reviewing the context of the commentary it is now easier to understand the different variations of word choice. It will be easy to determine how authors use word choice in their writing by focusing on sentence structure and grammar. This is a credible website because the article was found on the Education Resources Information Center.