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Language
Figures Of Speech
Appropriateness
Choosing Words
Phrasing sentences
100
Using active rather than passive phrases.
What is Directness?
100
"I'm gonna beat you like a red-headed step child!"
What is a Similie?
100
Expressions that can be considered off color.
What is Slang?
100
"I'm as free as a bird."
What is Cliche?
100
Speaking with an audiences, rather than at them.
What is Personal Style?
200
The specialized language of a particular group or profession.
What is Jargon?
200
The use of a word or sentence whose literal meaning is the opposite of that which is intended.
What is Irony?
200
Calling someone "Over the Hill".
What is Ageist Language?
200
"first", "second", "and also", "although", and "however"
What is Guide Phrases?
200
"I", "me", "he", "she", and "you".
What is a Personal Poroun?
300
Justin Timberlake's reference to the incident with Janet Jackson during the 2004 superbowl as a "wardrobe malfuntion".
What is Euphemisms?
300
"Sally sells sea shells by the seashore"
What is Alliteration?
300
Noting the gender of a profession.
What is Sexist Language?
300
Expressions that are unique to a specific language.
What is an Idiom?
300
Reserving the keyword until the end of the sentence.
What is a Periodic Sentence?
400
The tendency to look at the world in terms of opposites and to describe it in terms of extremes. ex: good or bad.
What is polorization?
400
Implied comparison between two unlike things.
What is Metaphor?
400
Qualifying someone with an identifier that is neither relevant nor necessary.
What is Racist Language?
400
Rephrasing an idea or statement in different words
What is Restatement?
400
-Use personal examples -Express concern for the audience members. -Use specific names of audience members when appropriate.
What is Immediacy?
500
effective or emotional meaning for the term rather than a factual or unemotional meaning.
What is connotative meaning?
500
The use of extreme exaggeration.
What is Hyperbole?
500
Someone saying, "Hey Lady".
What are Cultural Identifiers?
500
Repeating something exactly the same way.
What is Repitition?
500
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
What is Anithetical Sentences?