To emphasize means highlight, highlight, stand out. Emphasis is understood as the property of emphasizing a certain word, fact or theme, with the aim of drawing attention to the subject.
In order to highlight some words in the course of a text, you can use some resources typographic, such as bold, which allows you to highlight the word with thicker strokes and dark.
During a speech, words can be emphasized, changing the intonation of the voice to be pronounced more intensely.
It is common to use the expression "literally" when there is an intention to emphasize the true meaning of the words. Ex: "The man was literally starving." In the literal sense, it means that the man was actually dying because he was not eating.
In legal contexts, the expression "data venia" is widely used, meaning "with all due respect", and to further emphasize the meaning, the word "maxima" is added between the phrase. Ex: "date maxima venia."
The English word "hype" is used as a marketing strategy, to emphasize everything that is in fashion, that is highlighted and giving something to talk about.
The reflexive pronoun myself (myself), is used to emphasize the subject in a sentence, or to refer to an action that was performed by the person. Ex: I promised myself (I promised myself).