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Non-Standard
Language deficient in some form or manner.
Vulgarity
-Language deficient in taste and refinement; Coarse, Base.
Slang
Vernacular language; sometimes humorous, exaggerated or shortened for effect.
Colloquial
-Regional language; differing in usage, Connotation, pronunciation. (accepted in informal connotation)
Jargon
-Language specific to a field or profession
Cliché
-Figurative language used so often it has lost its freshness and clarity
Informal/ Standard
-Language grammatically correct, but conversational
Formal (Literate)
-Language appropriate for more formal occasions; often more abstract
Euphonious vs. Cacophonous
Pleasant sounding vs. Harsh sounding
Literal vs. Figurative
Accurate language without embellishment vs. Comparative language for a pictorial effect.
Denotative vs. Connotative
Language with exact meaning vs. Language with suggested emotional meaning
Objective vs. Subjective
Language impersonal, unemotional, unbiased vs. language personal, emotional, biased
Active vs. Passive
States action vs States being
(passive is used when the author wants to remain vague or conceal information)
Concrete vs. Abstract (specific vs. general)
Language specific, tangible (things, facts) vs. Language conceptual, philosophical (ideas)
Hyperbole (overstated) vs. Understated
Language deliberately misrepresenting as more vs. Language deliberately misrepresenting as less.
(Ex. "The Ducks suck! Auburn rules!" VS. "Michael Dyer's Knee didn't really have an impact on the outcome of the BCS game")
Pedestrian vs. Pedantic
Language of common layman's vs. Language inflated to display importance. (cool vs. urbane, cosmopolitan, suave)
Assonance
Repetition of similar vowel sound in closely associated words.
(Ex.I bomb atomically—Socrates' philosophies and hypotheses can't define how I be droppin' these mockeries.)
Consonance
Repitition of similar consonant sound in closely associated words (Ex. I dropped the locket in the thick mud.)
Alliteration
Repetition of initial Consonant sound in closely associated words (Ex. Good as gold)
Onomatopoeia
words whose pronunciation suggests meaning.
(Ex. Dave Chapelle: "BYAAH!")