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Lanuage
Clarity
Appropriateness
Vividness
Phasing
100
Using active rather than passive sentences.
What is Directness?
100
"I'm as free as a bird".
What is Cliche?
100
Using words or phrase that may be considered "off color".
What is Slang?
100
"Beat you like a red-headed step child!"
What is Simile?
100
Speaking with an Audience rather than at them.
What is Personal Style?
200
The tendency to look at the word in the term of opposites. (ex: good or bad)
What is Polarization?
200
"First", "Second", "And also", "Although", and "However".
What are Guide Phrases?
200
Calling someone "Over the hill".
What is Ageist Language?
200
The use of a word or sentence whose literal meaning is the opposite of that which is intended.
What is Irony?
200
"I", "Me", "He", "She", and "You".
What are personal Pronouns?
300
The specialized Language of a particular group or profession.
What is Jargin?
300
Exprssions that are unique to a specific language.
What is Idiom?
300
Using the gender of a profession. (ex: Male nurse)
What is sexist language?
300
"Sally sells sea shells by the seashore."
What is Alliteration?
300
Reserving the keyword until the end of the sentence.
What is Peridoic Sentences?
400
Justin Timberlake's response to Janet Jackson's incident as a "Wardrobe Malfunction".
What is Euphemisms?
400
Repeating something in exactly the same way.
What is Repitition?
400
Qualifying someone with an identifyer that is neither relevant nor necessary.
What is Racist language?
400
An implied comparison of two unlike things.
What is Metaphor?
400
-Use person examples. -Express concern for the audience members. -Use specific names of audience members when appropriate.
What is Immediacy?
500
Affective or emotional meaning rather than factual and unemotional.
What is Connotative Meaning?
500
Rephrasing an idea in different words
What is Restatement?
500
Saying "Hey lady".
What is Cultural Identifyers?
500
The use of extreme exaggeration.
What is Hyperbole?
500
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
What is Antihetical Sentences?