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"

rhetorical device - a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)

flourish - a display of ornamental speech or language

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"

blah, bombast, claptrap, fustian, rant - pompous or pretentious talk or writing

hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning

literary study - the humanistic study of literature

exordium - (rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse

narration - (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth

peroration - (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration; "he summarized his main points in his peroration"

rhetorical device - a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)

ploce - (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning

allocution - (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts

anacoluthic - of or related to syntactic inconsistencies of the sort known as anacoluthons