CHAPTER2:遗祠和造句 DICTION AND SYNTAX Diction:choice of words Syntax:(rules for the)arrangement of words into phrases and phrases into sentences
Diction: choice of words Syntax: (rules for the)arrangement of words into phrases and phrases into sentences
"You can't make a poem with ideas;you make it with words!
“You can’t make a poem with ideas; you make it with words!
Like the celebrated painter,some people assume that all it takes to make a poem is a bright idea.Poems state ideas,to be sure,and sometimes the ideas are invaluable;and yet the most impressive idea in the word will not make a poem, unless its words are selected and arranged with loving art
+ Like the celebrated painter, some people assume that all it takes to make a poem is a bright idea. Poems state ideas, to be sure, and sometimes the ideas are invaluable; and yet the most impressive idea in the word will not make a poem, unless its words are selected and arranged with loving art
CONCRETE VS.ABSTRACT Concrete words refer to what we can immediately perceive with our senses:dog,actor,chemical,or particular individuals who belong to those general classes
+ Concrete words refer to what we can immediately perceive with our senses: dog, actor, chemical, or particular individuals who belong to those general classes
Abstract words express ideas or concepts:love,time,truth. In abstracting,we leave out some characteristics found in each individual,and instead observe a quality common to many
+ Abstract words express ideas or concepts: love, time, truth. + In abstracting, we leave out some characteristics found in each individual, and instead observe a quality common to many