| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | accent | special stress or importance |
| 2. | accentuation | act of giving stress |
| 3. | account | importance or worth |
| 4. | added weight | greater importance |
| 5. | angle | particular focus or stress |
| 6. | ascendancy | controlling influence or prominence |
| 7. | assertion | confident forceful statement |
| 8. | attention | notice or concentration given |
| 9. | bearing down on | giving strong attention to |
| 10. | bias | inclination giving more weight |
| 11. | big thing | main important matter |
| 12. | boldness | strong noticeable quality |
| 13. | bottom line | most important point |
| 14. | bringing forward | making more prominent |
| 15. | bringing out | making more noticeable |
| 16. | burden | main point of argument |
| 17. | calling attention to | directing notice toward |
| 18. | careful attention | thoughtful focused notice |
| 19. | centerpiece | main feature or focus |
| 20. | centrality | state of being central |
| 21. | chief concern | main matter of importance |
| 22. | close attention | careful focused notice |
| 23. | concentration | focused attention |
| 24. | consideration | careful attention or thought |
| 25. | core | most important part |
| 26. | crux | most important point |
| 27. | declaration | clear emphatic statement |
| 28. | dominance | controlling importance or influence |
| 29. | drawing attention to | making people notice |
| 30. | dwelling on | giving extended attention to |
| 31. | essence | core meaning or importance |
| 32. | favoring | giving more importance to |
| 33. | featuring | giving special prominence to |
| 34. | fixing on | focusing attention on |
| 35. | focus | main attention or concern |
| 36. | force | strength or intensity |
| 37. | foreground | most noticeable position |
| 38. | foregrounding | bringing into prominence |
| 39. | gist | main point or essence |
| 40. | gravitas | serious importance or weight |
| 41. | greater stress | stronger importance |
| 42. | hallmark | distinctive prominent feature |
| 43. | heart | central important part |
| 44. | heft | substantial importance or weight |
| 45. | high profile | great public prominence |
| 46. | highlight | something made especially noticeable |
| 47. | highlighting | making especially noticeable |
| 48. | homing in on | directing focus toward |
| 49. | impact | strong effect or force |
| 50. | importance | great significance or value |
| 51. | inflection | change in tone or stress |
| 52. | insistence | firm repeated stressing |
| 53. | intensity | strong degree or force |
| 54. | kernel | central important part |
| 55. | key point | most important idea |
| 56. | lead | position of first importance |
| 57. | main focus | chief point of attention |
| 58. | making much of | treating as very important |
| 59. | marking | making something stand out |
| 60. | message | main point conveyed |
| 61. | moment | importance or consequence |
| 62. | note | importance or distinction |
| 63. | noticeability | quality of being easily noticed |
| 64. | particular stress | specific strong importance |
| 65. | point | main idea or importance |
| 66. | preeminence | superior importance or rank |
| 67. | preference | greater importance given to one |
| 68. | premium on | high value placed on |
| 69. | priority | something given first importance |
| 70. | privileging | treating as more important |
| 71. | prominence | state of standing out |
| 72. | punch | strong force or impact |
| 73. | rank | relative importance or status |
| 74. | regard | attention or consideration |
| 75. | reinforcement | added strength or support |
| 76. | reiteration | repeated statement for stress |
| 77. | repetition | saying again for effect |
| 78. | restatement | saying again differently |
| 79. | salience | quality of standing out |
| 80. | significance | meaningful importance |
| 81. | slant | particular emphasis or viewpoint |
| 82. | special attention | extra notice or care |
| 83. | special weight | extra importance |
| 84. | spotlight | special public attention |
| 85. | spotlighting | directing special attention to |
| 86. | stress | special importance or attention |
| 87. | stressing | giving special importance to |
| 88. | substance | essential meaning or importance |
| 89. | takeaway | main point to remember |
| 90. | theme | main subject or idea |
| 91. | thrust | main emphasis or purpose |
| 92. | tonic stress | main spoken stress |
| 93. | underlining | act of stressing importance |
| 94. | underscoring | act of stressing importance |
| 95. | urgency | pressing importance |
| 96. | value placed on | importance assigned to |
| 97. | visibility | degree of being noticed |
| 98. | watchword | guiding focus or principle |
| 99. | weight | importance or influence |
| 100. | zeroing in on | focusing closely on |