Is day a proper noun or common

Review paragraphs 12-15 of the short story, where della goes to get her hair cut at madame sofronie’s. use this “unseen scene” as an inspiration to write your own scene in which you imagine what the two characters might be doing and saying as the haircutting progresses. or you may want to imagine the scene in which jim sells his watch to buy the combs for della.

Read this sentence. although the idea was foreign to me, i still thought i would give it a try.

What are some words that start with dict-say ( i can only think of dictator) ; ( so much pls respond.