Dat's de good ole Cairo at las', I jis knows it." vs. Huck: "I'll take the canoe and go see, Jim. It mightn't be, you know." didactic A reference to literature Nathaniel Hawthorne's An example of didactic or writing that is Scarlet Letter would be literature be our instructional or an example of didactic school textbooks for informative and seeks literature as example, since they aim to convince a reader of Hawthorne portrays to teach and inform. a point; a work that is his views of the "preachy" is an Puritan society example of didactic throughout the work. literature. (Trask 3) Throughout the work, he attempts to "inform" the reader of the ways of Puritanistic society and includes his opinions on the religion in a way as to get the reader to see the religion as he views it. (The Scarlet Letter) elevated language Elevated diction is a In "Paradise Lost", An example of elevated form in instead of Milton uses a lot of diction in today's society using simple, easy, elevated diction such is in President Obama's understandable words, as "So spake th' inauguration speech higher advanced Apostate Angel, that he said this year, vocabulary used. ( though in pain, 2013, in the speech he Ineyra,5) says "This generation of Vaunting aloud, but Americans has been rackt with deep tested by crises that despare: steeled our resolve and proved our resilience" ( And him thus Obama's second answer'd soon his bold inauguration speech). Compeer." (Paradise Lost).
Dat's de good ole Cairo at las', I jis knows it." vs. Huck: "I'll take the canoe and go see, Jim. It mightn't be, you know." didactic A reference to literature or writing that is instructional or informative and seeks to convince a reader of a point; a work that is "preachy" is an example of didactic literature. (Trask 3) Nathaniel Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter would be an example of didactic literature as Hawthorne portrays his views of the Puritan society throughout the work. Throughout the work, he attempts to "inform" the reader of the ways of Puritanistic society and includes his opinions on the religion in a way as to get the reader to see the religion as he views it. (The Scarlet Letter) An example of didactic literature be our school textbooks for example, since they aim to teach and inform. elevated language Elevated diction is a form in instead of using simple, easy, understandable words, higher advanced vocabulary used. ( Ineyra,5) In "Paradise Lost", Milton uses a lot of elevated diction such as "So spake th' Apostate Angel, though in pain, Vaunting aloud, but rackt with deep despare: And him thus answer'd soon his bold Compeer." (Paradise Lost). An example of elevated diction in today's society is in President Obama's inauguration speech that he said this year, 2013, in the speech he says "This generation of Americans has been tested by crises that steeled our resolve and proved our resilience" ( Obama's second inauguration speech).