1. A method for invoking tapered prompts in a multimodal application, the method implemented with a multimodal browser and a multimodal application operating on a multimodal device supporting multiple modes of user interaction with the multimodal application, the modes of user interaction including a voice mode and one or more non-voice modes, the method comprising acts of: identifying a first prompt element and a second prompt element of a tapered prompt associated with a multimodal application; rendering, in a first style, a first multimodal prompt associated with the first prompt element, the first multimodal prompt comprising a first speech prompt and a first non-speech prompt, the first style comprising a first speech style for the first speech prompt and a first non-speech style for the first non-speech prompt; and rendering, in a second style, a second multimodal prompt associated with the second prompt element, the second multimodal prompt comprising a second speech prompt and a second non-speech prompt, the second non-speech prompt having content that is different from content of the first non-speech prompt, the second style comprising a second speech style for the second speech prompt and a second non-speech style for the second non-speech prompt, the second speech style being different from the first speech style, the second non-speech style being different from the first non-speech style and being selected in conjunction with the second speech style.