Word: staccatoed
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Style: Style also communicates a message. Staccato phrases or incomplete sentences such as "Designed data collection system. Analyzed data and prepared 60-page report" give an efficient, action-oriented impression. For some people the flow of complete sentences is more suitable. Whichever style you choose, be consistent...
...sound of machine gunfire resolves into a pulsing electronic rock beat. Staccato images flash by. A flock of pink-plumed flamingos. Bikini- clad girls on the beach. Race horses bursting from the starting gate. The ocean speeding by under the bow of a boat. And, of course, the familiar art deco logo, glowing in vibrant turquoise and pink...
...need for a Homeric hero to defend us from all the world's evils is perpetual. We needn't be discouraged when events work themselves out without the crack of gunfire, the staccato commands of platoon leaders and the anguished screams of the dead and wounded...
...Lonsdale, I think. The plot of Aren't We All? is not terribly strong, but the play itself is really rather nice. Freddy's plays are much less mannered than Noel Coward's, and I find them easier to play. Coward wrote the way he talked, which was staccato and ripple. Freddy's writing is more gentle. In London, audiences adored...
...Father Jerzy Popieluszko, a militant supporter of the banned Solidarity trade-union movement. It was Chmielewski's turn to testify last week, and the thought that his life might be hanging in the balance seemed to weigh heavily upon him. His words came out in such a stuttered staccato that one of the five presiding judges in the tiny courtroom grew impatient and interrupted him. "Were you born with the stammer?" the judge asked harshly. "No," Chmielewski replied. "It started after the Popieluszko case...