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. PoetryMagic.Co.UK. “Word Choice in Poetry.” 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 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.
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. “Word Choice.” Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 2005. June 23, 2007. < http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/word_choice.html >
5. "Writing Techniques." www.oneontacsd.org. Oneonta City School District. 23 June 2007 <http://www.oneontacsd.org/hs/murphy/terms.htm>.
The main purpose of the website is to offer definitions of many different literary terms. The website also offers many different writing techniques. The website defines word choice as an effect created by an author's use of words. An understanding to the literary terms helps identify when an author is using good word choice. The website is credible because it is associated with a reputable site, the Oneonta City School District.
6. "Word Choice." 01 January 2005. Trait Definitions. NWREL Assessment Program. 21 June 2007 < http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/scoring.php?odelay=3&d=1&r=4 >.
The webpage defines word choice as "the vocabulary a writer chooses to convey meaning." The page also provides a brief but well discussed explanation of the use of word choice. Good writing is not neccessarily 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 assisatance 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 Northewest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL), a network of laboratories serving the needs of educators. -DR
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