Definition of expressive style Expressive style
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| expressive style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper" | ||
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| communication something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups | ||
| linguistic communication, language the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals" | ||
| artistic creation, artistic production, art the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
| allegory an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor | ||
| analysis an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole | ||
| bathos triteness or triviality of style | ||
| black humor, black humour the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect | ||
| device any clever maneuver; "he would stoop to any device to win a point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen" | ||
| eloquence, fluency, smoothness powerful and effective language; "his eloquence attracted a large congregation"; "fluency in spoken and written English is essential"; "his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police" | ||
| euphuism an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology | ||
| flatness the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss | ||
| formulation, expression the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared" | ||
| grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language" | ||
| headlinese using the abbreviated style of headline writers | ||
| jargon specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject | ||
| journalese the style in which newspapers are written | ||
| legalese a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law | ||
| manner of speaking, delivery, speech your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech" | ||
| music genre, musical genre, musical style, genre an expressive style of music | ||
| officialese the style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure | ||
| pathos a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow); "the film captured all the pathos of their situation" | ||
| prose ordinary writing as distinguished from verse | ||
| rhetoric study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking) | ||
| saltiness, coarseness the property of containing salt (as a compound or in solution) | ||
| self-expression the expression of one's individuality (usually through creative activities) | ||
| sesquipedality using long words | ||
| terseness a neatly short and concise expressive style | ||
| turn of expression, turn of phrase a distinctive spoken or written expression; "John's succinct turn of phrase persuaded her that it would not be a good idea" | ||
| vein one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect | ||
| verboseness, verbosity an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words | ||
| literary genre, writing style, genre a style of expressing yourself in writing | ||
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