Punctuated! For! Emphasis!

Messenger: This is blasphemy! This is madness!
Leonidas: Madness?... This! Is! SPARTA!"

—300

LINES. DELIVERED. WITH. EXTREME! EMPHASIS! ON... EVERY! WORD! ESPECIALLY. THE. ENDING!!!!

This is Dialogue transformed into Spectacle. It is normally used in Chewing the Scenery and with accordance to the Rule of Cool. A person who does this often will come across as a Large Ham or just someone with No Indoor Voice. Done badly it can torpedo a dramatic scene. Done well, it can be part of a Moment of Awesome, although rarely the only component.

Many times, particularly for the former Trope Namer, invokes the Rule of Three. Sometimes a part of a Skyward Scream. If each word is accompanied with an attack then it's a Punctuated Pounding. If the delivery ends with a swear, then it's This Is for Emphasis, Bitch.

Examples of Punctuated! For! Emphasis! are listed on these subpages:

THESE! ARE! TROPES! [kick]

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