Effect and Heighten

Effect

Effect verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Heighten and effect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Heighten" instead a verb "Effect".

Heighten verb - To make markedly greater in measure or degree.

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Effect and heighten are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Effect" instead a verb "Heighten".

Nearby Words: height, heightening

ability	effect ability	heighten ability
change	effect change	heighten change
control	effect control	heighten control
effect	effect effect	heighten effect
Other words: foreshadowing, voice.

The Hunger Games uses this throughout, primarily to prevent the violence from entering R-rated territory, and to heighten the emotional effect of certain scenes.

Source: Jitter Cam
The play The Pillowman gives characters realistic speech patterns to heighten emotion and dramatic effect.

Source: Realistic Diction Is Unrealistic
In multi-part episodes that are "to be continued," teasers will sometimes be used to heighten the dramatic effect ... often by making it appear that one or more protagonists are receiving the worst of the episode's conflict, with things cutting off just before the dramatic climax.

Source: On the Next

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