Answer:
A. Puritan text:"the Lord preserved me in safety' versus the modem text"The Lord protected me- Syntax
B. Colonial text: "fall upon" versus the modern text:"go after" (both mean to attack)- Idiom
C. Explorer text Very often indeed they would first give us a song versus the modern text: "First they would often sing to us- Diction
Explanation:
- Diction refers not only to the pronunciation of spoken dialogue but also to the literary nature of the play's text, including its tone, imagery, articulation and use of such literary forms as verse, rhyme, metaphor, jest, apostrophe and epigram. Words are chosen by the writer to convey or create a tone, mood and atmosphere which leads to the formation of attitude of the reader. Its is marked using figures of speech, articulation, tone and other devices making it different from prose.
- Syntax refers to the arrangement of a word in a proper sentence to create a sense.
For example
- The girl played happily
- The girl happily played
-Happily, the girl played.
Grammatically, each sentence is correct in its form.
- An idiom is used to introduce a simpler explanation or interpretation about something which has been just conveyed.
