Figurative language
What is a simile.
A comparison of words using like or as.
What is description
Describing something or someone
What is repetition
Repeating words
What is ethos
Having trust
What is conclusion
a final decision or judgment
What is a metaphor
a figure of speech that implicitly compares two unrelated things, typically by stating that one thing is another
What is cause and effect
a relationship between events or things, where one is the result of the other
What is pathos
Someones emotions
What is evidence
the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.
What is alliteration
Same repeating sound in a word/sentence
Compare and contrast
Similarities between one thing and another
What is logos
Logic
What is analysis
sorting, corroborating, and linking evidence and facts to prove, disprove and weigh competing theories
What is personification
Human characteristics to something non-human
What is problem and solution
a format of writing that involves setting up the structure of written text to show different problems and then how the problem is solved.
What is a rhetorical device
a use of language that is intended to have an effect on its audience
What is claim
a demand for something due or believed to be due
What is a hyperbole
obvious and intentional exaggeration
What is text structure
the way authors organize information in text.
What is assonance
in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible
What is controlling idea
the main point or topic of the paragraph.