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    The document provides a list of words to describe different styles or qualities of language use, including courtly, sardonic, poignant, sincere, understated, grand, overstated, dramatic, solemn, elevated, matter-of-fact, direct, ambivalent, strong, muted, formal, informal, lively, positive, negative, playful, unaffecte, comical, wry, colloquial, heartfelt, hyperbolical, farcical, bona fide, and unrefined. It suggests using phrases like "almost like" or "as if" to describe a word's effect if none of the listed words fit.

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    The document provides a list of words to describe different styles or qualities of language use, including courtly, sardonic, poignant, sincere, understated, grand, overstated, dramatic, solemn, elevated, matter-of-fact, direct, ambivalent, strong, muted, formal, informal, lively, positive, negative, playful, unaffecte, comical, wry, colloquial, heartfelt, hyperbolical, farcical, bona fide, and unrefined. It suggests using phrases like "almost like" or "as if" to describe a word's effect if none of the listed words fit.

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    The document provides a list of words to describe different styles or qualities of language use, including courtly, sardonic, poignant, sincere, understated, grand, overstated, dramatic, solemn, elevated, matter-of-fact, direct, ambivalent, strong, muted, formal, informal, lively, positive, negative, playful, unaffecte, comical, wry, colloquial, heartfelt, hyperbolical, farcical, bona fide, and unrefined. It suggests using phrases like "almost like" or "as if" to describe a word's effect if none of the listed words fit.

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    Diction

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    The document provides a list of words to describe different styles or qualities of language use, including courtly, sardonic, poignant, sincere, understated, grand, overstated, dramatic, solemn, elevated, matter-of-fact, direct, ambivalent, strong, muted, formal, informal, lively, positive, negative, playful, unaffecte, comical, wry, colloquial, heartfelt, hyperbolical, farcical, bona fide, and unrefined. It suggests using phrases like "almost like" or "as if" to describe a word's effect if none of the listed words fit.

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    Diction

    Or Quality of Language
    COURTLY SARDONIC POIGNANT SINCERE UNDERSTATED

    GRAND

    OVERSTATED

    DRAMATIC

    SOLEMN

    ELEVATED

    MATTER-OF-FACT

    DIRECT
    AMBIVALENT

    STRONG MUTED

    FORMAL INFORMAL
    LIVELY

    POSITIVE
    NEGATIVE

    PLAYFUL

    UNAFFECTED

    COMICAL

    WRY

    COLLOQUIAL

    HEARTFELT

    HYPERBOLICAL

    FARCICAL

    BONA FIDE

    UNREFINED

    HUMOROUS

    If none of the words here really t the quality of the word / phrase, do use Almost like, As if to express the e ect instead. This allows you to go beyond adjectives to use verbs and nouns. E.g. The persona uses the word _____ as if he were pleading for [verb] E.g. The e ect of _____ is almost like that of a cry for help [noun]

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