Which of the following is true about a writer’s diction?
a. when the writer uses colloquial language, the diction is informal.
b. when the writer uses simple words, the diction is formal.
c. when the writer uses sophisticated vocabulary, the diction is informal.
d. when the writer uses complex words, the diction is informal.

Read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, the muttering retreats of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels and sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: how is this excerpt an example of dramatic monologue? the narrator is using long, interconnected sentences. the narrator is able to see into two character's heads. the narrator is addressing the audience directly. the narrator is jumping from one topic to the next topic