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| is used when one talks about intangibles and ideas, things that cant be touch, taste, smell, or hear |
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| a figure of speech involving a seeming contradtiction of ideas, words, clauses, or sentences within a balanced grammatical structure EX.too black for heaven, yet too white for hell |
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| the arrangement of least to most important or dramatic events in a series |
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| usually a main idea, often called a "claim" or "thesis statement", backed up with evidence that supports the idea |
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| a writing style that omits conjuctions between words, phases, or clauses EX. they dove, splashed, floated, splashed, swam, snorted. |
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| the figure of speech in which two or more clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structure in order to make a larger point EX. you forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget |
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| is a chronicle or arrangement of events in their order of occurence in time |
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| identiflies things perceived through the senses of touch, taste, smell, hear, and sight |
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| the emotions, values, or images associated with a word EX. mother=loving, caring |
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| refers to the writer's or the speaker's distinctive vocabulary choices and style of expression in a poem or story |
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| a device when one is quoting material and onne wants to omit some words EX. [...] |
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| it is the repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences EX. when i was A CHILD, i spoke AS A CHILD, i understood AS A CHILD, i thought AS A CHILD. |
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| substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensivelu explicit EX. passed away for die |
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| it changes the literal meaning, to make a meaning fresh or clearer, to express complexity, to capture a physical or sensory effect, or to extend meaning |
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| exaggeration, often extravagant; it may be used for serious or for comic effect |
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| in which the subject appears after the verb EX. down the street lived the man and his wife |
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| is the situation, literary technique, or rheterical device, in which there is an incongruity or discordance that goes strikingly beyond the most simple and evident meaning of words or action |
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| system of reasoning, working together to persuade an audience (gives examples, reasons) |
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| a comparison of two dissimilar things which does not use "like" or "as" |
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| a statement with two parts which seem contradictory EX. a wise fool, sad joy |
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| persuades audience by arousing the emotions |
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| a sentence style that employs many conjuctions (opposite of asyndeton) EX. we lived and laughed and loved and left |
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| the art of using language to communicate effectively (logos, pathos, ethos) |
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| a technique that an author or speaker uses to convey to the listener or reader a meaning with the goal of persuading him or her towards considering a topic from a different perspective |
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| is when one uses a part to represent the whole EX. all hands on deck. lend me your ears |
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| is the study of the principles and rules for constructing sentences in natural languages. |
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| the formation of something complex or coherent by combining smaller simpler things |
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| an unnecessary or unessential repetition of meaning, using different and dissimilar words that effectively say the same thing twice |
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| a stanza or division in lyric poetry, consisting of four verses or lines |
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| the writer's attitude toward the material and/or reader EX. maybe playful, formal, angry, serious |
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| the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a word EX. Beaded, Bubble winking at the Brim |
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| the comparison of two pairs of things which have the same relationship EX. hot:cold as fire:ice |
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| the organization of a piece, an element of rhetoric |
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| rhetorically-produced methods for persuasion |
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| supporting an argument's merit |
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| a primary point being made to support an argument |
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| your basis for belief or disbelief |
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| the process of determining valid arguments |
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| a presentation of essential facts in a speech; gives facts and info about the subject (background) |
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| when a subject or topic is divided into various parts |
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| provides a brief summary of what one is about to speak on (intro) |
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| the last section of a speech where speaker is strongest; (conclusion) brings essay to a closing; brings all ideas together |
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| a word or phrase in parentheses added following a term to indicate its context or specific meaning EX. kalinda (stick dance) |
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| a rational motive for a belief or action |
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| is the situation that surrounds your act of writing aka. the reason for you writing your essay |
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| describes thee interaction among subjects, speaker, and audience |
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| a figure of speech in the form of a question posed for its persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply |
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| are elements such as shyme, rhythm, alliteration, and anomatopoeia that give poetry a musical quality |
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| a way of expressing something that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people; style of writing |
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| a type of valid argument that states if the first two claims are true, then the conclusion is true EX. people are mortal. bob is a person. bob is mortal |
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| to establish a link between data and a claim |
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| a rhetorical term for the repetion of a word or phase at the start of succesive clauses |
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| character; repution; impression, to show that the speaker is credible and trustworthy EX. expertise, knowledge, experience, training, sincerity |
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| a figure of speech in which one word or phase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated (crown for royalty) |
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| a method of description that begins at one geographical point and moves onward in an orderly fashion |
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| a long and frequently involved sentence, marked by syspended syntax, in which the sentence is not completed until the final word-usually with an emphatic climax |
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| a form of word play which exploits the ambiguity of a statement, allowing it to be understood in multiple ways for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect |
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| an interlocked word order, the the form A-B-A-B; which often display change and difference |
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| is a sentence with three clearly defined parts of equal length, usually independent clauses and of increasing power |
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| is a figure of speech describing the joining of two or more parts of a sentence with a single common verb or noun |
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| use picture to convey the same effects as words, both written and spoken |
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| conditions on the acceptability of a claim |
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| an argument in written form that contains: the claims, grounds, warrant, backing, qualifier, rebuttal |
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| an exercise to see how the parts of a pice of non fiction work fit together. there are two columns and the left is titled "says" and the right "does". on "says" write what the paragraph or the work is about and under "does" what it does to the reader |
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| a conflict solving technique based on finding common ground instead of polarizing debate |
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| the introductory section of a speech |
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| the section of a speech that offers evidences supporting the claims given during the statement of facts |
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| states the counterargument |
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| an unstated assumption that must be true for the premises to lead to the conclusion |
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| the process of breaking a complex topic or substance into smaller parts to gain a better understand of it |
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