Craft & Structure 1
consists of saying something repeatedly for effect
What is repetition?
writer's attitude toward a topic or audience
What is tone?
overall feeling created in a reader by a literary work
What is mood?
changes adjectives to adverbs
What is -ly?
person, place, or thing
What is a noun?
the techniques writers use to portray characters
What is characterization?
dictionary definition
What is denotation?
language that appeals to the senses
What are sensory details?
suffix that means "full of" or "having qualities of"
What is -ful?
group of words that has both a subject and a verb
What is a clause?
attempt to persuade readers by triggering their feelings about a subject
What is appeals to emotions?
clear thinking
What is logical reasoning?
negative or positive association of a word
What is connotation?
prefix that means "out" or "out from within"
What is ex-?
clause that usually begins with a relative pronoun: who, whom, whose, which, or that; also called adjective clause
What is relative clause?
an unfair preference either for or against an idea, person, or group
What is bias?
references to expert opinions
What is appeals to authority?
uses logic to draw conclusions from the evidence
What is appeals to reason?
prefix that means "opposite," "badly," or "wrongly"
What is mis-?
clause that begins with a subordinating conjunction such as if, although, when, or because; acts as an adverb
What is adverb clause?
What are logical fallacies?
a conclusion that overstates the facts
What is an overgeneralization?
assumes that is A happens then B, C, D, ... X, Y, Z are inevitable; chain of events
What is a slippery slope?
root that means "law" or "fair and right"
What is -just-?
use of grammatical forms or patterns to express similar ideas within a sentence; adds rhythm and balance
What is parallelism?