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"communication - something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups 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" language, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written" allegory - an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner analysis - the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father' 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 Congorism - an affected elegance of style that was introduced into Spanish literature bythe poet Gongora device - something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect euphuism - any artificially elegant style of language formulation, expression - the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared" 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" officialese - the style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure pathos - a style that has the power to evoke feelings prose - matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression rhetoric - using language effectively to please or persuade self-expression - the expression of one's individuality (usually through creative activities) terseness - a neatly short and concise expressive style vein - a distinctive style or manner; "he continued in this vein for several minutes" poetry - any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling |