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Colloquial (adj. Neutral connotation)- pertaining to common everyday speech; conversational 1. My friends and I’s greetings are very colloquial when we see each other everyday. 2. When a student welcomes a teacher with a colloquial greeting, that is not very formal and appropriate. Digress (vb. Negative connotation)- to wander off from the subject or topic spoken about 3. When students are writing an essay, if they digress from the topic they are writing about, that is not very good. 4. At the presidential debate, if Hillary Clinton were to digress from the current issue, the news reporter might become bored. * Eloquence (n. Positive connotation) artful ease with speaking; speech that can influence people’s feelings 5. At the awards ceremony, the …show more content…

The teacher spoke with eloquence when she was reading a story to the class. Loquacious (adj. Somewhat positive connotation)- very talkative; liking to talk; garrulous 7. While Emily was shy and reserved, her sister Caroline was outgoing and loquacious. 8. Getting involved with her school, Lauren changed from being timid to loquacious. Prattle (vb. Negative connotation)- to speak on and on in a senseless and silly manner; to talk foolishly 9. I hope my grandmother does not prattle about her childhood during dinner tonight. 10. Abigail made everyone mad when she used to prattle every single day at lunch on the subject of her new car. Ramble (vb. negative)- to talk on and on pointlessly; without clear direction 11. Because my math teacher tends to ramble on, I sometimes fall asleep in class. 12. When my parent started to ramble and lecture me about going to college I became very tired and yawned. Rant (vb. Negative connotation)- to talk very loudly, even wildly; rave 13. Many students did not follow directions for the homework assignment, so the next day the teacher ranted to us for fifteen minutes on how we should follow directions. 14. His selfish rant made her rethink her decision to homecoming with

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