Diction is one of Ms. Fassbender's very favorite literary devices. Diction can be defined essentially as word choice. The effects of this word choice, if there are any, are what diction is measured in. For instance, carefully chosen, descriptive words can lend mood to a scary story, or humor to a comedy. Diction can also give you implied information on the background of a character or the setting, especially through dialogue. I typically have a difficult time identifying diction unless told to look for it specifically. The way I see it, if diction is word choice, then the entirety of whatever I am reading has had its words chosen carefully. Therefore, every character on every page is diction, which makes its isolation irrelevant, obsolete, and superflous
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