technical terms for Language & Composition studies
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| abstract | 1. thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea. 2. expressing a quality or characteristic apart from any specific object or instance, as justice, poverty, and speed. | |
| archaic | 1. marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion. 2. (of a linguistic form) commonly used in an earlier time but rare in present-day usage except to suggest the older time, as in religious rituals or historical novels. Examples: thou; wast; methinks; forsooth. | |
| bombastic | 1. (of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious. | |
| cacophonous | 1. having a harsh or discordant sound. | |
| colloquial | 1. characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal. | |
| concrete | 1. constituting an actual thing or instance; real: a concrete proof of his sincerity. 2. pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions; particular (opposed to general ): concrete ideas. 3. representing or applied to an actual substance or thing, as opposed to an abstract quality: The words “cat,” “water,” and “teacher” are concrete, whereas the words “truth,” “excellence,” and “adulthood” are abstract. | |
| connotative | 1. An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing: Hollywood holds connotations of romance and glittering success. 2. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning i.e. ideas, emotions, attitudes, etc. | |
| denotative | 1. literal meaning of a word, the dictionary meaning. Opposite connotation. | |
| detached | 1. impartial or objective; disinterested; unbiased: a detached judgment. | |
| embellished | 1. to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn. 2. to enhance (a statement or narrative) with fictitious additions. | |
| euphonious | 1. pleasant in sound; agreeable to the ear; characterized by euphony: a sweet, euphonious voice. | |
| esoteric | 1. understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite: poetry full of esoteric allusions. | |
| figurative | 1. of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, esp. a metaphor; metaphorical; not literal: a figurative expression. 2. abounding in or fond of figures of speech: Elizabethan poetry is highly figurative. | |
| formal | 1. of, reflecting, or noting a usage of language in which syntax, pronunciation, etc., adhere to traditional standards of correctness and usage is characterized by the absence of casual, contracted, and colloquial forms: The paper was written in formal English. | |
| idiomatic | 1. peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect: idiomatic French. 2. containing or using many idioms. | |
| informal | 1. suitable to or characteristic of casual and familiar, but educated, speech or writing. | |
| insipid | 1. without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid: an insipid personality. | |
| jargon | 1. the language, esp. the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon. | |
| laconic | 1. using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: a laconic reply. | |
| literal | in accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical: the literal meaning of a word. | |
| monosyllabic | 1. having only one syllable, as the word no. 2. having a vocabulary composed primarily of monosyllables or short, simple words. |
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