Mastering “Diction” for SAT Success

Diction

** Where only to refer to places or direction, who(m) to refer to people, and which or that to refer to things. Some of the words sound similar to the correct word but is spelled differently and has a different meaning. WRONG: The reel leaders told the prisoners that the guards would afflict pain if their questions were not answered truthfully. Afflict is usually used with the word with-afflicted with severe migraine headaches. Inflict means “to impose punishment or suffering on someone or something.”