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one syllable vs. many syllables |
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euphonious vs. carcophonous |
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pleasent sound vs. harsh sound |
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accurate w/o embellishment vs. a comparison creating a pictoral effect |
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denotative vs. connotative |
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exact meaning vs. suggested meaning |
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unemotional and impersonal vs. emtional and personal |
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states action vs. states being |
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specific and tangible vs. conceptual and philosophical |
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hyperbolic (overstated) vs. understated |
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deliverate exaggeratio nof facts vs. a misrepresentation of less |
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laymans term vs. boorish inflated language; crude, clumsy |
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language deficient in taste and refinement |
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vernacular speech; humorous, exaggerated, or shortened for effect |
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language specific to a field or profession |
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language used so often it has lost its expression |
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correct, but conversational. *uses contracations, "their" to refer to the singular |
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language of taste and refinement; appropriate for formal situations |
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the repetition of similar vowel sounds in closely associated words |
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repetition of similar consonant sounds in closely associated words |
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repetition of sounds at the beginning of closely associated words |
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words whose pronunciation suggest their meaning |
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