stylistic flourishes
Ornamental writing additions
Stylistic flourishes are decorative elements in writing, speech, or performance—embellishments that go beyond plain communication.
A writer might add flourishes through elaborate metaphors or unusual sentence structures; a pianist through ornamental trills.
The term often carries a hint of excess: The essay was competent but weighed down by stylistic flourishes.
Sometimes the flourish is the point: He signed with a flourish.
- filigreeDelicate twisted-wire ornamentation
- trillRapid pitch oscillation
- glissandoRapid pitch sweep
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
- simileComparison via "as"
arabesque · improvisation · fancy footwork · dramatic flair · purple prose · alliteration · ornamentation · embossing · gilding · calligraphy · pen stroke · parallelism · artistic license · vibrato · melisma · hyperbole · cadenza · arpeggio
stylistic flourishessimplicity
Lack of complexity
minimalism · plainness · austerity · spareness · restraint
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