Diction

Or Quality of Language
COURTLY SARDONIC POIGNANT SINCERE UNDERSTATED

GRAND

OVERSTATED

DRAMATIC

SOLEMN

ELEVATED

MATTER-OF-FACT

DIRECT
AMBIVALENT

STRONG MUTED

FORMAL INFORMAL
LIVELY

POSITIVE
NEGATIVE

PLAYFUL

UNAFFECTED

COMICAL

WRY

COLLOQUIAL

HEARTFELT

HYPERBOLICAL

FARCICAL

BONA FIDE

UNREFINED

HUMOROUS

If none of the words here really t the quality of the word / phrase, do use Almost like, As if to express the e ect instead. This allows you to go beyond adjectives to use verbs and nouns. E.g. The persona uses the word _____ as if he were pleading for [verb] E.g. The e ect of _____ is almost like that of a cry for help [noun]