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| A question asked for effect, not to get an answer. |
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| A word or phrase which is so overused that it is no longer effective in most writing situations. (e.g. ("busy as a bee") |
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| A word substituted for another because it is less offensive than the original (e.g. "passed to his reward" rather than "died") |
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| A word or phrase which is used in a way as to suggest more than one possible meaning. |
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| A type of pun or play on words which results when 2 words become jumbled in the speaker's mind. |
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| The repeating of phrases or sentences that are similar in meaning and grammatical structure |
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| A balancing of 2 opposite or contrasting words, phrases, clauses. |
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| Words or phrases which help tie ideas together |
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| A statement of purpose, intent, or main idea of an essay. |
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| Every sentence in a paragraph is related to main idea. |
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| All sentences and ideas in a paragraph flow together to make clear, logical point, they are not a confusing set of ideas set down in random order. |
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| word choice as an element of style. |
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| Words which are old-fashioned, thus no longer sound natural. |
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| An expression which is accepted in informal writing or speaking, but not in a fomal situation. |
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| Technical diction, the specialized language used by a specific group of people, e.g. doctors/computer gurus. |
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| Crude, common, gross, often offensive English, sometimes used to establish realism of a work. |
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| Language appropriate for writing because it is proper and correct. |
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| Nonstandard covabulary used esp. in casual speech and consisting of arbitrary and often ephemeral coinages and figures of speech. |
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