{"id":170,"date":"2022-03-31T17:42:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T17:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/speechcomm\/part\/language\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T19:46:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:46:19","slug":"language","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/speechcomm\/part\/language\/","title":{"raw":"Chapter 10: Language","rendered":"Chapter 10: Language"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\">Learning Objectives<\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Explain how language is used for power.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Describe how language choices affect the effectiveness of public speaking.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Explain the standard of clarity.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choose clear language that is appropriate for audiences.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Determine your own language ability in speaking.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\">Key Terms<\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>[pb_glossary id=\"283\"]Abstract Language[\/pb_glossary]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[pb_glossary id=\"299\"]Alliteration[\/pb_glossary]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[pb_glossary id=\"303\"]Anaphora[\/pb_glossary]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[pb_glossary id=\"305\"]Antithesis[\/pb_glossary]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[pb_glossary id=\"309\"]Appropriateness[\/pb_glossary]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[pb_glossary id=\"315\"]Assonance[\/pb_glossary]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[pb_glossary id=\"349\"]Cliche\u0301s[\/pb_glossary]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[pb_glossary id=\"367\"]Connotative[\/pb_glossary]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[pb_glossary id=\"399\"]Denotative[\/pb_glossary]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[pb_glossary id=\"637\"]Ethnic Identity[\/pb_glossary]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[pb_glossary id=\"639\"]Euphemisms[\/pb_glossary]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[pb_glossary id=\"641\"]Figurative Language[\/pb_glossary]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[pb_glossary id=\"643\"]Hyperbole[\/pb_glossary]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[pb_glossary id=\"645\"]Imagery[\/pb_glossary]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[pb_glossary id=\"647\"]Irony[\/pb_glossary]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[pb_glossary id=\"649\"]Jargon[\/pb_glossary]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[pb_glossary id=\"652\"]Language[\/pb_glossary]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[pb_glossary id=\"654\"]Literal Language[\/pb_glossary]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[pb_glossary id=\"656\"]Metaphors[\/pb_glossary]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[pb_glossary id=\"609\"]Parallelism[\/pb_glossary]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[pb_glossary id=\"658\"]Similes[\/pb_glossary]<\/li>\r\n \t<li>[pb_glossary id=\"660\"]Slang[\/pb_glossary]<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\">Learning Objectives<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Explain how language is used for power.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Describe how language choices affect the effectiveness of public speaking.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Explain the standard of clarity.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choose clear language that is appropriate for audiences.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Determine your own language ability in speaking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\">Key Terms<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<ul>\n<li><button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"170-283\">Abstract Language<\/button><\/li>\n<li><button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"170-299\">Alliteration<\/button><\/li>\n<li><button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"170-303\">Anaphora<\/button><\/li>\n<li><button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"170-305\">Antithesis<\/button><\/li>\n<li><button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"170-309\">Appropriateness<\/button><\/li>\n<li><button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"170-315\">Assonance<\/button><\/li>\n<li><button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"170-349\">Cliche\u0301s<\/button><\/li>\n<li><button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"170-367\">Connotative<\/button><\/li>\n<li><button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"170-399\">Denotative<\/button><\/li>\n<li><button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"170-637\">Ethnic Identity<\/button><\/li>\n<li><button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"170-639\">Euphemisms<\/button><\/li>\n<li><button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"170-641\">Figurative Language<\/button><\/li>\n<li><button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"170-643\">Hyperbole<\/button><\/li>\n<li><button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"170-645\">Imagery<\/button><\/li>\n<li><button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"170-647\">Irony<\/button><\/li>\n<li><button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"170-649\">Jargon<\/button><\/li>\n<li><button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"170-652\">Language<\/button><\/li>\n<li><button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"170-654\">Literal Language<\/button><\/li>\n<li><button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"170-656\">Metaphors<\/button><\/li>\n<li><button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"170-609\">Parallelism<\/button><\/li>\n<li><button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"170-658\">Similes<\/button><\/li>\n<li><button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"170-660\">Slang<\/button><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"glossary\"><div class=\"glossary__tooltip\" id=\"170-283\" hidden><p>language that evokes many different visual images in the minds of your audience<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"glossary__tooltip\" id=\"170-299\" hidden><p>the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sentence or passage<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"glossary__tooltip\" id=\"170-303\" hidden><p>the succession of sentences beginning with the same word or group of words<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"glossary__tooltip\" id=\"170-305\" hidden><p>the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases, or grammatical structures<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"glossary__tooltip\" id=\"170-309\" hidden><p>how persons and groups should be referred to and addressed based on inclusiveness and context<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"glossary__tooltip\" id=\"170-315\" hidden><p>the repetition of vowel sounds in a sentence or passage<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"glossary__tooltip\" id=\"170-349\" hidden><p>predictable and generally overused expressions; usually similes<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"glossary__tooltip\" id=\"170-367\" hidden><p>the subjective or personal meaning the word evokes in people together or individually<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"glossary__tooltip\" id=\"170-399\" hidden><p>the objective or literal meaning shared by most people using the word<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"glossary__tooltip\" id=\"170-637\" hidden><p>a group an individual identifies with based on a common culture<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"glossary__tooltip\" id=\"170-639\" hidden><p>language devices often used to make something unpleasant sound more tolerable<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"glossary__tooltip\" id=\"170-641\" hidden><p>language that does not use comparisons like similes and metaphors<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"glossary__tooltip\" id=\"170-643\" hidden><p>intentional exaggeration for effect<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"glossary__tooltip\" id=\"170-645\" hidden><p>language that makes the recipient smell, taste, see, hear, and feel a sensation; also known as sensory language<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"glossary__tooltip\" id=\"170-647\" hidden><p>the expression of one\u2019s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"glossary__tooltip\" id=\"170-649\" hidden><p>language used in a specific field that may or may not be understood by others<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"glossary__tooltip\" id=\"170-652\" hidden><p>any formal system of gestures, signs, sounds, and symbols used or conceived as a means of communicating thought, either through written, enacted, or spoken means<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"glossary__tooltip\" id=\"170-654\" hidden><p>language that does not use comparisons like similes and metaphors<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"glossary__tooltip\" id=\"170-656\" hidden><p>a figure of speech that identifies something as being the same as some unrelated thing for rhetorical effect, thus highlighting the similarities between the two<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"glossary__tooltip\" id=\"170-609\" hidden><p>the repetition of grammatical structures that correspond in sound, meter, or meaning<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"glossary__tooltip\" id=\"170-658\" hidden><p>a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind (specifically using the terms \u201clike\u201d or \u201cas\u201d), used to make a description more emphatic or vivid<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"glossary__tooltip\" id=\"170-660\" hidden><p>a type of language that consists of words and phrases that are specific to a subculture or group that others may not 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