Chapter 16

2. The technical language of any specialized group, often a professional class, that is unintelligible to individuals not belonging to the group; “shop talk.”
4. The relative loudness of the voice.
8. The stress or emphasis placed on a syllable when it is pronounced.
9. The production of syllables or words according to some accepted standard
11. A quality of language that makes messages more powerful, more intense
14. A method of delivery in which the speech is written out, committed to memory, and recited from memory.
16. Imagery that describes sounds and enable listeners to “hear” the car’s tires screeching, for example.
17. Language used by particular groups that is highly informal, nonstandard, and often considered improper.
20. Imagery that creates word “pictures” of people or objects.

1. Speech patterns without variation
3. The physiological movements of the speech organs as they modify and interrupt the air stream emitted from the lungs
5. The speed with which you speak, generally measured in words per minute.
6. Phrases that dilute the forcefulness of your sentences.
7. The reasoned judgment of some work
10. Trite sayings that are worn out because of constant usage.
12. A speech given without any explicit prior preparation.
13. A quality of language that makes your messages stand out.
15. Phrases that have lost their novelty and part of their meaning through overuse.
18. Silent periods in the normally fluent stream of speech.
19. A quality of language that makes messages understandable to listeners.