emphases
Weights on importance
Emphases is the plural of emphasis—special importance or prominence given to something.
A teacher's emphases reveal what matters most in a course.
Different emphases in policy debates reflect competing priorities.
The two candidates had different emphases on economic issues.
Status of greater importance
- significanceQuality of mattering
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- prominenceNotable status or visibility
- gravityMutual mass attraction
stress · accent · focus · urgency · relevance · consequence · impact · centrality
Thick, dark lettering
- italicsSloped typeface for emphasis
- underliningLine drawn beneath text
- highlightingEmphasizing key parts
- capitalizationUsing big letters properly
color · font size · quotation marks · asterisks · bullets · indentation · spacing · pull quotes
Notable difference between things
- colorVisual hue property
- lightingArt of illuminating spaces
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- focal pointsCenters of attention
brushstrokes · texture · saturation · shading · perspective · foreground · detail · intensity
Act of redoing
- parallelismMatching structural elements
- anaphoraRepeated opening words
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
hyperbole · understatement · contrast · antithesis · exclamation · intensifiers · declamation · inflection
Regional speech patterns
- stressesTensions or emphases
- beatsPulses or defeats
- downbeatsFirst beats of measures
- word stressSyllable prominence in pronunciation
priority
Status of greater importance
- significanceQuality of mattering
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- prominenceNotable status or visibility
gravity · stress · accent · focus · urgency · relevance · consequence · impact · centrality · salience
boldface
Thick, dark lettering
- italicsSloped typeface for emphasis
- underliningLine drawn beneath text
- highlightingEmphasizing key parts
capitalization · color · font size · quotation marks · asterisks · bullets · indentation · spacing · pull quotes · callouts
contrast
Notable difference between things
- colorVisual hue property
- lightingArt of illuminating spaces
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
focal points · brushstrokes · texture · saturation · shading · perspective · foreground · detail · intensity · vibrancy
repetition
Act of redoing
- parallelismMatching structural elements
- anaphoraRepeated opening words
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
climax · hyperbole · understatement · contrast · antithesis · exclamation · intensifiers · declamation · inflection · modulation
accents
Regional speech patterns
emphasestrivialities
Insignificant matters
afterthoughts · footnotes · marginalia · incidentals · minor points
emphaseswhispers
Speaks very quietly
understatements · muted tones · soft-pedaling · downplaying · suppressions
emphaseswhispers
Speaks very quietly
understatements · soft-pedaling · muting · downplaying · mumbles
- too much emphasis
- dramatic emphasisForceful expressive highlighting
emphasis, emphasize, emphasized, emphasizing, emphasizes, overemphasize, overemphasized, de-emphasize, underemphasize