Terminology Definitions
This is the action of trying to convince someone to believe or do something.
Persuade
In "The Necklace" the ______ _______ was that Mathilde borrows a necklace, loses it, and spends years paying it back.
Central Idea
Note: Do not get central idea and theme confused. A theme is what we are to learn from a story, while the central idea is what the reading is mostly about/what is happening.
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After I go to the mall I will pick up my little brother.
This planet is known as the “Red Planet.”
Mars
This singer released the hit song “Anti-Hero” in 2022.
Taylor Swift
This is a tool that will provide synonyms (similar words)
Happy --> joyful, chearful
Big --> large, huge, gigantic
Thesaurus
Language that is not meant literally. This can be done through many different literary devices. (uses comparisons or exaggeration)
"Time is a thief"
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"
Figurative Language
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The man was wet he was walking in the rain without an umbrella.
The man was wet; he was walking in the rain without an umbrella.
This document, signed in 1776, declared American independence from Britain.
Declaration of Independence
This 1994 Disney movie features Simba, Timon, and Pumbaa.
The Lion King
This involves thinking step-by-step using facts and evidence.
"All humans need water; I am human; therefore, I need water"
Logical Reasoning
Do not confuse this concept with logos/appeal to logic which is a persuasive technique to convince an audience. Logical reasoning = the thinking process. Appeal to Logic = using that thinking to persuade others.
Types of this include:
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. Supernatural
Conflict
This is a part of a sentence that will often tell location, time, direction, or relationship.
"In the fall, I will graduate from college"
Prepositional Phrase
This is the largest ocean on Earth.
Pacific Ocean
This sport is known as “the beautiful game.”
soccer
This is a method a speaker/writer will use to convince an audience to believe something or take action. They will consider the audience's thinking, their emotions, and their trust.
Persuasive Appeal(s)
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"The sun smiled down"
Personification
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The manager ended the meeting with the perfect quote “Teamwork makes the dream work.”
The manager ended the meeting with the perfect quote: “Teamwork makes the dream work.”
This element, with atomic number 6, forms the basis of all known life.
carbon
This war, fought from 1955 to 1975
Vietnam War
A specific technique or strategy a speaker/writer use to make their message more effective. This includes choices like: repetition, rhetorical question, ethos, pathos, logos, parallelism, anecdote, etc.
Rhetorical Device
This is a word part, the definition of that part will help people understand it's meaning
"aud" = hear (audience)
"vid" = see (video)
Latin Root
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Over the summer I visited Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Manassas, Virginia Holden Beach, North Carolina and Miami, Florida
Over the summer I visited Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Manassas, Virginia; Holden Beach, North Carolina; and Miami, Florida
This telescope, launched in 1990, revolutionized astronomy with deep-space images (later joined by the James Webb).
Hubble Space Telescope
This term refers to malicious software designed to harm or exploit devices.
malware