What is diction? structure and arrangement of words and phrases within a sentence a central message or insight revealed through a story time, place, and social/historical context in which a story takes place careful and deliberate word choice in speaking or writing. the answer is d careful and deliberate word choice in speaking or writing.

Diction is careful and deliberate word choice in speaking or writing. It is referred to as a style of writing or speaking, determined by speaker's or writer's choice of words. It helps in separating bad writing from good writing. Diction has several factors on which it depends,

It can lead to misinterpretation of the message if the wrong choice of words are done and can divert the listener or reader from the intended message.

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answer: age of the protagonists.

dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by james joyce, published in 1914. they tell the stories of the irish middle class in and around dublin in the early years of the 20th century.

joyce divides the collection into three sections dealing with childhood, adolescence and maturity. therefore, one pattern he uses to organize his stories is the age of the protagonists. the initial stories deal with children, and as the stories continue, they focus on progressively older people.