Sentences with phrase «precise diction»

I reread Edith Wharton's searing character study of Lily Bart about once a year, not only for Wharton's precise diction and syntax, but also for her exquisite depiction of the daughter of a bankrupt man who can not afford the lifestyle of the jaded, wealthy circle in which she moves.

Performance in writing assignments: substance in analysis; logical organization; effectiveness in structural design; specific and persuasive arguments; precise diction; rhetorical effectiveness, etc..

Think Marlon Brando behind his desk in The Godfather, or Anthony Hopkins standing in his cell in The Silence Of The Lambs, unblinking and with perfect posture and precise diction.

«I have to apologize for not dressing up for your visit,» she continued with precise diction in a deep, lilting voice.

The 6 - foot - 3, 170 - pound 17 - year - old also sports a 4.2 grade point average and pierces one's pupils while speaking with precise diction and clarity.

Not exact matches

But I had been told so much about his wonderful sound, his precise reporting and the elegance of his diction that I went to the Museum of Broadcasting in Manhattan and listened to recordings of his broadcasts of several events from the late 1930s.