Vocab Words
Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
Repeated images, words, phases, settings, structures, rhymes...
What are repetitions?
The position taken by the person making the argument; what he or she is hoping to prove or to persuade the audience to believe
What is a claim?
A description appealing to the five senses
What is imagery?
Contrasts-light/dark, good/evil; characters and setting in opposition
What are opposites?
Appeal to logic
What is logos?
Something used to represent something else
What is a symbol?
What a character's physical description tells us about the character
What is indirect characterization?
Appeal to credibility of the speaker
What is ethos?
The most basic meaning of something
What is literal meaning?
Connections or references in the text to something else outside the text; allusions
What are links
Use of language, reason, and evidence to influence the thoughts and behavior of others?
What is an argument?
Meaning acquired through interpretation of symbols, figurative language, and imagery.
What is figurative meaning?
What a text says about a person
What is direct characterization?