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| Noun-the choices involving language that a communicator might make in a situation so that the message becomes meaningful, purposeful, and effective for a targeted audience. |
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| Noun-the writer's word choice. |
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| Noun-an emotional association or implication attached to an expression. |
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| Noun-the writer's arrangement; the ordering, grouping, and placement; of words within a phrase, clause, or sentence. |
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| Noun-the writer's emotional attitude toward the audience or subject matter. |
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| Noun-the writer's attempt to persuade an audience by appealing to the audience's emotions. |
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| Noun-the degree of credibility or trustworthiness that authors establish with an audience through their writing. |
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| Noun-the writer's awareness and effective use of such elements as diction, tone, sytax, unity, coherence, and audience to create a clear and distinct "personality of the writer." |
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| Adj.-characterized by a person's attitude arising from, or influenced by, his/her own thoughts and feelings only. |
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| Verb-to establish by proof or competent evidence. |
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| Adj.-meaningless; commonplace. |
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| Verb-to make worse; to aggravate. |
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| Adj.-extremely careful and precise. |
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| Adj.-profoundly moving and touching. |
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| Adj.-sustituting an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant. |
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| Adj.-characterized by a mixture of opposite feelings or attitudes. |
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| Verb-to put forward for consideration. |
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| Noun-a brief saying embodying a moral. |
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| Adj.-showing inappropriate casualness. |
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| Adj.-intensely devoted, eager, or enthusiastic. |
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| Adj.-condescendingly pround. |
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| Adj.-angered at something unjust or wrong. |
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| Adj.-exercising good judgment or common sense. |
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| Noun-a witty and teasing conversation. |
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| Adj.bitter and sharp in language or tone. |
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| Adj.-marked by pretentious speech or writing. |
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| Adj.-to speak of in a disrespectful way. |
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| Adj.-void of sense or intelligence. |
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| Adj.-intended to attract notice and impress others. |
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| Adj.-having only one possible meaning or interpretation. |
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| Noun-harsh discordance of sound. |
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| Noun-a feeling of mental unease, as of annoyance or embarrassment, caused by failure, disappointment, or a disconcerting event. |
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| Adj.-very short and abrupt in manner. |
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| Adj.-considering all circumstances and consequences. |
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| Adj.-skillful in acting to avoid offense to others. |
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| Adj.-faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy. |
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| Verb-to criticize harshly. |
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| Adj.-characterized by uncultivated simplicity or vularity. |
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| Adj.-complaining, irritable. |
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| Noun-something that serves to support, prop, or reinforce. |
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| Adj.-extra, more than enough, redundant. |
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| Noun-a complex and difficult problem. |
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| Adj.-obviously offensive or reprehensible. |
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| Adj.-friendly, agreeable. |
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| Adj.-lacking authenticity. |
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| Adj.-hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence. |
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| Adj.-seeming to be everywhere at the same time. |
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| Adj.-characterized by arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles. |
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| Adj.-deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech. |
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| Adj.-deviating from a usual pattern or norm. |
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| Verb-to make less intense or severe. |
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| Adj.-excessive in emotional expression. |
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| Noun-a state of paralyzing confusion. |
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| Adj.-conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible. |
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| Adj.-showy, displaying wealth. |
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| Adj.-rash, impulsive, acting without thinking. |
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| Adj.-unworthy of serious attention; trivial. |
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| Adj,-given to excessive and often rambling talk. |
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| Adj.-infamous by way of being extremely wicked. |
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