In those days he really didn’t know what he was talking about; that is to say, he was a young jailkid all hung-up on the wonderful possibilities of becoming a real intellectual, and he liked to talk in the tone and using the words, but in a jumbled way, that he had heard from “real intellectuals.”
— on the road, jack kerouac
which type of diction best characterizes kerouac's style in this passage?
a. clinched b. conformist c. formal d. informal

D. informal

Explanation:

Diction alludes to the words and expressions an individual uses in discourse or recorded as a hard copy. Casual word usage, at that point, is the casual, conversational language that we utilize each day.  

Informal diction is used to address a familiar audience, for example, family or companions. Individual letters, messages, or records that have a conversational tone are altogether composed utilizing casual lingual authority. Books may likewise be written in this style to demonstrate's characters by utilizing slang, a certain dialect (a style of language from a specific region or group of people), or idioms (expressions whose figurative meanings are very different from their literal meanings).

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