#expressive_style__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"
  supertype:  #communication  something that is communicated between people or groups
  subtype:  #allegory  an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor
  subtype:  #analysis.expressive_style  the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., "the father of the bride" instead of "the bride's father"
  subtype:  #bathos  triteness or triviality of style
  subtype:  #black_humor__blackhumor__black_humour__blackhumour  the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect
  subtype:  #device.expressive_style  something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect
     subtype:  #rhetorical_device  a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
        subtype:  #anacoluthia__anacoluthon  an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another
        subtype:  #repetition  the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
           subtype:  #anadiplosis__anadiplosi  repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next
           subtype:  #epanalepsis  repetition after intervening words
           subtype:  #epanodos  repetition or recapitulation in reverse order
           subtype:  #epiphora__epistrophe  repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.
           subtype:  #gemination  doubling of a word or words
           subtype:  #ploce  repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning
           subtype:  #polyptoton  repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence; "My own heart's heart"
           subtype:  #epanaphora__anaphora  repetition of a word or phrase as the beginning of successive clauses
           subtype:  #anaphora  using a pronoun or other pro-word instead of repeating a word
           subtype:  #symploce  repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe
        subtype:  #anastrophe__inversion  the reversal of the normal order of words
        subtype:  #antiphrasis  the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony)
        subtype:  #antithesis.rhetorical_device  the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
        subtype:  #antinomasia  substitution of a title for a name
        subtype:  #apophasis__apophasi  mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned
        subtype:  #aposiopesis  breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations)
        subtype:  #apostrophe.rhetorical_device  address to an absent or imaginary person
        subtype:  #catachresis  strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')
        subtype:  #chiasmus  inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
        subtype:  #climax  arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
        subtype:  #conversion.rhetorical_device  interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition
        subtype:  #ecphonesis__exclamation  an exclamatory rhetorical device; "O tempore! O mores"
        subtype:  #emphasis  special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
        subtype:  #enallage  a substitution of part of speech or gender or number or tense etc. (e.g., editorial `we' for `I')
        subtype:  #epanorthosis  immediate rephrasing for intensification or justification; "Seems, madam! Nay, it is"
        subtype:  #epiplexis__epiplexi  a rhetorical device in which the speaker reproaches the audience in order to incite or convince them
        subtype:  #hendiadys__hendiady  use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier
        subtype:  #hypallage  reversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in `her beauty's face')
        subtype:  #hyperbaton  reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love')
        subtype:  #hypozeugma  use of a series of subjects with a single predicate
        subtype:  #hypozeuxis  use of a series of parallel clauses (as in `I came, I saw, I conquered')
        subtype:  #hysteron_proteron.rhetorical_device__hysteronproteron  reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born')
        subtype:  #litotes__litote__meiosis  understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary); "saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes"
        subtype:  #onomatopoeia  using words that imitate the sound they denote
        subtype:  #paralepsis__paraleipsis__paraleipsi__paralipsis__preterition  suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
        subtype:  #paregmenon  juxtaposing words having a common derivation (as in `sense and sensibility')
        subtype:  #polysyndeton  using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy')
        subtype:  #prolepsis__prolepsi  anticipating and answering objections in advance
        subtype:  #wellerism  a comparison comprising a well-known quotation followed by a facetious sequel
        subtype:  #trope__figureofspeech__figure__image  language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
           subtype:  #irony.trope  a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
              subtype:  #dramatic_irony  (theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play
           subtype:  #hyperbole__exaggeration  extravagant exaggeration
           subtype:  #kenning  conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry
           subtype:  #metaphor  a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
              subtype:  #dead_metaphor__frozen_metaphor  a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word `snake')
              subtype:  #mixed_metahor__mixedmetahor  a combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect
              subtype:  #synesthetic_metaphor__synestheticmetaphor  a metaphor that exploits a similarity between experiences in different sense modalities
           subtype:  #metonymy  substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
              subtype:  #metalepsis  substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another
           subtype:  #oxymoron  conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
           subtype:  #prosopopoeia__personification  representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
           subtype:  #simile  a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
           subtype:  #synecdoche  substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
           subtype:  #zeugma  use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one; "`Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave' is an example of zeugma"
              subtype:  #syllepsis__syllepsi  use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one
  subtype:  #eloquence__fluency  powerful and effective language
  subtype:  #euphuism.expressive_style  any artificially elegant style of language
  subtype:  #formulation__expression  the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared"
     subtype:  #honorific  an expression of respect; "the Japanese use many honorifics"
     subtype:  #archaism__archaicism  the use of an archaic expression
     subtype:  #boilerplate.formulation  standard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news stories
     subtype:  #colloquialism  a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
     subtype:  #parlance__idiom  a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
     subtype:  #Americanism.formulation__americanism  an expression that is characteristic of English as spoken by Americans
     subtype:  #Briticism__Anglicism__Britishism  an expression that is limited to English as spoken by Englishmen (especially as contrasted with American English)
     subtype:  #wording__phrasing__phraseology__choiceofword__verbiage  the manner in which something is expressed in words: "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton
        subtype:  #mot_juste__motjuste  the appropriate word or expression
        subtype:  #verbalization__verbalisation  expressing something in words
  subtype:  #grandiosity__magniloquence__grandiloquence__rhetoric  high flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
     subtype:  #flourish.grandiosity  a display of ornamental speech or language
     subtype:  #bombast__rant__claptrap__blah  pompous or pretentious talk or writing
  subtype:  #headlinese  using the abbreviated style of headline writers
  subtype:  #jargon  specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
     subtype:  #ecobabble  using the technical language of ecology to make the user seem ecologically aware
     subtype:  #Eurobabble  the jargon of European community documents and regulations
     subtype:  #gobbledygook  incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists
     subtype:  #psychobabble  using language loaded with psychological terminology
     subtype:  #technobabble  technical jargon from computing and other high-tech subjects
  subtype:  #journalese  the style in which newspapers are written
     subtype:  #luridness__luridnes  the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes; "the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation"
  subtype:  #legalese  a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law
  subtype:  #manner_of_speaking__speech__delivery  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"
     subtype:  #address.manner_of_speaking__addres  the manner of speaking to another individual; "he failed in his manner of address to the captain"
     subtype:  #catch.manner_of_speaking  a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
     subtype:  #tongue  a manner of speaking; "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue"
        subtype:  #sharp_tongue__sharptongue  a bitter or critical manner of speaking
     subtype:  #shibboleth  a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people
     subtype:  #tone_of_voice__tone  the quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"
        subtype:  #note.tone_of_voice  a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling; "there was a note of uncertainty in his voice"
        subtype:  #undertone  a quiet or hushed tone of voice: "spoke in undertones"
     subtype:  #elocution  an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture
     subtype:  #inflection__prosody  the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
        subtype:  #intonation__pitch_contour  rise and fall of the voice pitch
           subtype:  #intonation_pattern  intonations characteristic of questions and requests and statements
           subtype:  #monotone__drone__droning  an unchanging intonation
           subtype:  #singsong.intonation  a regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation
        subtype:  #caesura  a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line
        subtype:  #enjambment__enjambement  the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause
        subtype:  #accentuation__stress__emphasis__accent  the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
           subtype:  #tonic_accent__tonicaccent__pitch_accent__pitchaccent  emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness
           subtype:  #word_stress__word_accent  the distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word
           subtype:  #sentence_stress__sentencestres  the distribution of stresses within a sentence
        subtype:  #speech_rhythm__rhythm  the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements; "the rhythm of Frost's poetry"
  subtype:  #music_genre__musicgenre__musical_genre__musicalgenre__genre__musical_style__musicalstyle  an expressive style of music
     subtype:  #black_music__blackmusic__African-American_music  music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses
        subtype:  #blues__blue  a type of folk song that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
           subtype:  #boogie-woogie__boogie  an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
        subtype:  #soul.gospel_singing  a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement"
        subtype:  #rap_music__rapmusic__rap  genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
        subtype:  #rhythm_and_blues__R_and_B  a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of rock 'n' roll
     subtype:  #classical_music__classicalmusic__serious_music__seriousmusic  traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste
        subtype:  #chamber_music__chambermusic  serious music performed by a small group of musicians
        subtype:  #opera  a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
           subtype:  #comic_opera__opera_bouffe__operabouffe__opera_comique__operacomique  opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken
              subtype:  #operetta__light_opera__lightopera  a short amusing opera
           subtype:  #grand_opera__grandopera  opera in which all the text is sung
           subtype:  #musical_drama__musicaldrama  opera in which the musical and dramatic elements are equally important; the music is appropriate to the action
        subtype:  #cantata__oratorio  a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
        subtype:  #concerto  a composition for orchestra and a soloist
           subtype:  #concerto_grosso  a baroque composition for orchestra and a group of solo instruments
        subtype:  #fugue  a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement
        subtype:  #rondo__rondeau  a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata
        subtype:  #sonata  a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms
           subtype:  #piano_sonata__pianosonata  a sonata for piano
           subtype:  #symphony__symphonic_music__symphonicmusic  a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra
     subtype:  #religious_music__religiousmusic__church_music  genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies
        subtype:  #antiphon__antiphony  a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response
           subtype:  #gradual  (Roman Catholic) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
        subtype:  #Mass.religious_music__mas  a musical setting for a Mass
           subtype:  #Requiem.Mass__requiem  a musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead
        subtype:  #processional__prosodion  religious music used in a procession
        subtype:  #antiphonary__antiphonal  bound collection of antiphons
        subtype:  #religious_song__religioussong  religious music for singing
           subtype:  #chant  a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
              subtype:  #Hallel  (Judaism) a chant of praise (Psalms 113 through 118) used at Passover and Shabuoth and Sukkoth and Hanukkah and Rosh Hodesh
              subtype:  #Hare_Krishna  a chant to the Hindu god Krishna
              subtype:  #plainsong__plainchant__Gregorian_chant  a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church
                 subtype:  #cantus_firmus  a melody used as the basis for a polyphonic composition
           subtype:  #Negro_spiritual__spiritual  a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States
           subtype:  #Christmas_carol__christmascarol__carol  joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ
           subtype:  #hymn__anthem  a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
              subtype:  #dithyramb.hymn  (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus)
              subtype:  #doxology  a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God
              subtype:  #chorale__choral  a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune
              subtype:  #canticle  a hymn derived from the Bible
                 subtype:  #Magnificat  the canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 1:46 beginning "Magnificat anima mea Dominum")
              subtype:  #Dies_Irae  the first words of a medieval Latin hymn describing the Last Judgment (literally "day of wrath")
              subtype:  #Internationale  a revolutionary socialist anthem
              subtype:  #paean  a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity)
              subtype:  #recessional  a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw
              subtype:  #Te_Deum__tedeum  an ancient liturgical hymn
              subtype:  #national_anthem  a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation
                 subtype:  #Marseillaise  the French national anthem
                 subtype:  #Star-Spangled_Banner  a poem written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812 was set to music and adopted by Congress in 1931 as the national anthem of the United States
     subtype:  #marching_music__march  genre of music written for marching; "Sousa wrote the best marches"
        subtype:  #military_march__military_music__martial_music__martialmusic  brisk marching music suitable for troops marching in a military parade
           subtype:  #quickstep.military_march  military march accompanying quick time
           subtype:  #pibroch  martial music with variations;to be played by the Scottish Highlands bagpipe
        subtype:  #processional_march__recessional_march__recessionalmarch  a march to be played for processions
           subtype:  #funeral_march__funeralmarch__dead_march  a slow march to be played for funeral processions
           subtype:  #wedding_march__weddingmarch  a march to be played for a wedding procession
     subtype:  #popular_music_genre__popularmusicgenre__popular_music__popularmusic  any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
        subtype:  #macumba.popular_music_genre  popular dance music of Brazil; derived from the practices of the macumba religious cult
        subtype:  #pop_music__popmusic__pop  music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love
        subtype:  #folk_music__ethnic_music__folk  the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
           subtype:  #folk_song__folk_ballad  a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
              subtype:  #blues__blue  a type of folk song that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
           subtype:  #schottische.folk_music  music performed for dancing the schottische
           subtype:  #country_music__country_and_western__countryandwestern__C_and_W  a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments
              subtype:  #bluegrass__bluegras  a type of country music played at a rapid tempo on banjos and guitars
              subtype:  #hillbilly_music__hillbillymusic  country music originating in mountainous regions of southern United States
              subtype:  #zydeco  music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies with Caribbean music and blues
           subtype:  #gospel_singing__gospel  a genre of a capella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul)
              subtype:  #doo-wop__doowop  a genre (usually a capella) of Black vocal-harmony music of the 1950s that evolved in New York City from gospel singing; characterized by close four-part harmonies; the name derived from some of the nonsense syllables sung by the back-up vocalists
              subtype:  #soul.gospel_singing  a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement"
           subtype:  #square-dance_music  music performed for square dancing
        subtype:  #dance_music__dancemusic__danceroom_music__danceroommusic__ballroom_music  a genre of popular music composed for ballroom dancing
           subtype:  #beguine.dance_music  music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance
           subtype:  #bolero.dance_music  music written in the rhythm of the bolero dance
           subtype:  #carioca.dance_music  music composed for dancing the carioca
           subtype:  #conga.dance_music  music composed for dancing the conga
           subtype:  #gavotte.dance_music  music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte
           subtype:  #hornpipe.dance_music  music for dancing the hornpipe
           subtype:  #jig.dance_music  music in three-four time for dancing a jig
           subtype:  #landler.dance_music  music in triple time for dancing the landler
           subtype:  #mazurka.dance_music  music composed for dancing the mazurka
           subtype:  #minuet.dance_music  a stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite
           subtype:  #paso_doble.dance_music__pasodoble  music in march time composed for dancing the paso doble; often played a bull fights
           subtype:  #pavan__pavane  music composed for dancing the pavane
           subtype:  #polka.dance_music  music performed for dancing the polka
           subtype:  #quadrille.dance_music  music for dancing the quadrille
           subtype:  #reel.dance_music  music composed for dancing a reel
           subtype:  #rhumba__rumba  syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
           subtype:  #samba.dance_music  music composed for dancing the samba
           subtype:  #saraband.dance_music  music composed for dancing the saraband
           subtype:  #tango.dance_music  music written in duple time for dancing the tango
           subtype:  #tarantella  music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella
           subtype:  #waltz  music composed in triple time for waltzing
           subtype:  #ragtime  music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
           subtype:  #jazz.dance_music  a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands
           subtype:  #kwela  a kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments
        subtype:  #jazz  a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
           subtype:  #bop__bebop  an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)
           subtype:  #boogie-woogie__boogie  an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
           subtype:  #cool_jazz  jazz that is restrained and fluid and marked by intricate harmonic structures often lagging slightly behind the beat
           subtype:  #hot_jazz__hotjazz  jazz that is emotionally charged and intense and marked by strong rhythms and improvisation
           subtype:  #modern_jazz__new_jazz__newjazz__neo_jazz__neojazz  any of various styles of jazz that appeared after 1940
           subtype:  #trad  (British) traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s
           subtype:  #swing_music__swingmusic__swing__jive  a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
        subtype:  #rap_music__rapmusic__rap  genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
        subtype:  #rhythm_and_blues__R_and_B  a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of rock 'n' roll
        subtype:  #rockabilly  a fusion of black music and country music that was popular in the 1950s; sometimes described as blues with a country beat
        subtype:  #rock_'n'_roll__rock'n'roll__rockandroll__rockandroll__rock_music  a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll."
           subtype:  #progressive_rock__progressiverock__artrock  a style of rock music that emerged in the 1970s; associated with attempts to combine rock with jazz and other forms; intended for listening and not dancing
           subtype:  #psychedlic_rock__acid_rock  a musical style that emerged in the mid-1960s; rock music inspired by or related to drug-induced experience
           subtype:  #punk_rock__punk  rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock
        subtype:  #reggae  popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar
        subtype:  #skiffle  (British) a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments
  subtype:  #officialese  the style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure
  subtype:  #pathos  a style that has the power to evoke feelings
  subtype:  #prose.expressive_style  matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression
  subtype:  #rhetoric.expressive_style  using language effectively to please or persuade
  subtype:  #self-expression  the expression of one's individuality (usually through creative activities)
  subtype:  #sesquipedality  using long words
  subtype:  #terseness__tersenes  a neatly short and concise expressive style
     subtype:  #conciseness__concisenes__pithiness__pithines__succinctnes  terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
     subtype:  #crispness.terseness__crispnes  a style of expression that is direct and to the point; "the crispness of his reply"
     subtype:  #brevity  the use of brief expressions
     subtype:  #laconism__laconicism  terseness of expression
  subtype:  #vein.style  a distinctive style or manner; "he continued in this vein for several minutes"
  subtype:  #verboseness__verbosenes  an expressive style that uses excessive words
     subtype:  #verbiage  overabundance of words
     subtype:  #prolixity__prolixness__long-windedness__wordiness__wordines  boring verboseness
        subtype:  #turgidity__turgidness__flatulence  pompously embellished language
     subtype:  #circumlocution__periphrasis__periphrasi  a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
     subtype:  #repetitiveness__repetitiousness__repetitiousnes  verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions
        subtype:  #redundancy.repetitiveness  repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission
        subtype:  #tautology  useless repetition; "to say that something is `adequate enough' is a tautology"
     subtype:  #pleonasm  using more words than necessary; "a tiny little child"
  subtype:  #writing_style__writingstyle__literary_genre__genre  a style of expressing yourself in writing
     subtype:  #drama  the literary genre of works intended for the theater
        subtype:  #closet_drama  drama more suitable for reading that for performing
        subtype:  #comedy  light and humorous drama with a happy ending
           subtype:  #black_comedy__blackcomedy  comedy that uses black humor
           subtype:  #commedia_dell'arte  Italian comedy of the 16th to 18th centuries improvised from standardized situations and stock characters
           subtype:  #farce_comedy__farcecomedy__farce__travesty  a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
           subtype:  #high_comedy  a sophisticated comedy; often satirizing genteel society
           subtype:  #low_comedy__lowcomedy  a comedy characterized by slapstick and burlesque
           subtype:  #melodrama  an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization
           subtype:  #seriocomedy__tragicomedy  a comedy with serious elements or overtones
           subtype:  #situation_comedy.comedy__situationcomedy  a humorous drama based on situations that might arise in day-to-day life
           subtype:  #slapstick  a boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes
        subtype:  #tragedy  drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity
           subtype:  #tragicomedy  a dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy and comedy usually with the tragic predominating
     subtype:  #prose  ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
        subtype:  #euphuism  an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology
        subtype:  #nonfiction__nonfictional_prose  prose writing that is not fictional
           subtype:  #article  nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
              subtype:  #newspaper_column__newspapercolumn__column__editorial  an article giving opinions or perspectives
                 subtype:  #agony_column__agonycolumn  a newspaper column devoted to personal problems
              subtype:  #feature_article__featurearticle__feature  a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine; "they ran a feature on retirement planning"
              subtype:  #magazine_article  an article published in a magazine
              subtype:  #news_article__news_story__newspaper_article__newspaperarticle  an article reporting news
                 subtype:  #lead_story__lead  a news story of major importance
                 subtype:  #personal  a short newspaper article about a particular person or group
                 subtype:  #sidebar  a short news story presenting sidelights on a major story
              subtype:  #offprint__reprint__separate  a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
              subtype:  #paper.article  a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses; "he has written many scientific papers"
        subtype:  #interior_monologue  a literary genre that presents a fictional character's sequence of thoughts in the form of a monologue
        subtype:  #stream_of_consciousness  a literary genre that reveals a character's thoughts and feeling as they develop by means of a long soliloquy
        subtype:  #prose_poem__prosepoem  prose that resembles poetry
        subtype:  #polyphonic_prose  a rhythmical prose employing the poetic devices of alliteration and assonance
     subtype:  #form.writing_style  an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse; "the essay was in the form of a dialogue"; "he first sketches the plot in outline form"
     subtype:  #poesy__poetry__verse  literature in metrical form
        subtype:  #epos  a body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme
  subtype:  #poetry  any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling

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