Essays
An arguable statement or theory put forward to be proved
Thesis
The use of quotation marks to search for keywords exactly as they are
Phrasal Searching
People, animals, strange creatures or objects alive in a story
Character
Shapes or signs that represent or stand for something else, often something abstract
Symbols
A particular group at which a product is aimed
Target Audience
Devices used to create flow and smoothly link portions of writing together
Transitional Words/Phrases
Simple words, such as AND or NOT, used to combine or exclude keywords in a search
Boolean Operators
The series of events through which the writer reveals what is happening, to whom and why
Plot
A work that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning
Allegory
A message of public interest shared with the intention of raising awareness and creating change
PSA
An appeal to logic and way of persuasion
Logos
Expressing or summarizing the meaning of something, written or spoken, using different words
Paraphrasing
The struggle between opposing forces
Conflict
Visually descriptive or figurative language in a literary work
Imagery
An appeal to the audience’s emotion, desire and needs
Pathos
A list of resources used within the body of a paper.
Works Cited
Not giving proper credit for someone else’s ideas, research or words
Unintentional Plagiarism
(Indirect)
A message or general truth about life
Theme
The art of effective or persuasive speaking, especially the exploitation of figures of speech or compositional techniques
Rhetoric
The characteristics or aspects and key events that are an essential part of human existence
Human Condition
The way you indicate the title of a large text when writing by hand.
Underlining
Giving reference to a book, paper, or author directly in your writing to give credit.
In-text Citation OR
Parenthetical Citation
An element that provides the backdrop to the story and helps create mood
Setting
A literary device in which the author attributes human emotions and traits to nature or inanimate objects
Pathetic Fallacy
An Igbo word that means to be greater than another
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