how does the diction of the mayflower compact differ from the diction in previous sections of plymouth plantation

The diction in mayflower compact has simpler and clearer words in relation to the diction used in plymouth plantation.

Explanation:

The mayflower compact was a document written to establish the rules and guidelines that should be followed by pilgrims who crossed the ocean to form the first American colony. The diction in this document was composed of simple, clear and direct English. This ease in the words used in this document is justified by the fact that the document expressed rules that should be followed by different people.

The plymouth plantation, on the other hand, was an account, a diary of the difficulties these pilgrims went through. This document was not intended to transmit rules, but rather to tell a complex and full of elements story, for this reason, it used a diction composed by a more difficult English, however understandable.

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