elevated language
- eloquentFluent and persuasive
- loftyImpressively high or noble
- poeticOf or like verse
- grandiloquentPretentiously elevated in speech
- floweryElaborately ornamental in style
ornate · rhetorical · soaring · majestic · sublime · formal · literary · refined · polished · dignified · bombastic · purple prose · highbrow · ceremonial · stately · grandiose · artful · lyrical
- literary devicesmetaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, alliteration
- Classical Tragedytragedy, tragic hero, Racine, catharsis, pathos
- English EpicsBeowulf, Paradise Lost, Sir Gawain, Brut, epic hero
- sublimesublimity, grandeur, vastness, awe, majesty
formality and register
elevated languagecolloquial language
Informal everyday speech
informal language · informal speech · casual speech · vernacular · everyday language
simplicity and accessibility
elevated languageplain language
Easily understood communication
simple language · plain speech · direct speech · basic vocabulary · accessible language
refinement and vulgarity
elevated languagevulgar language
Coarse or obscene speech
coarse language · gutter talk · profanity · foul language · street language