The Definition
Introduction, Body, Conclusion
Parts of an Essay
Prompt: Should the voting age be lowered to 16?
My thesis: No, the voting age should not be lowered to 16 as teens are sometimes not mature enough to make such large decisions.
Claim
The soldiers waited to _________________ the enemy forces. They hide quietly and waited for the others to come by.
Ambush
The time and place of a story
Setting
Logos, Ethos, Pathos
Rhetorical Appeals
The parts of a story that are spoken. Written exactly as a person would say it.
Dialogue
One person says that people should be allowed to eat in class because students get hungry and lose focus.
The teacher counters and says that eating in class causes ants, and students should take advantage of the breakfast options offered at school.
Counterclaim/Opposing Argument/Counterargument
Sarah only read a small ______________ from the book because she didn't need to read the entire thing for her class project.
Excerpt
The perspective from which a text is told
Point of View
Words like gloomy, ecstatic, melancholy, grim, informal, or joyous could be used to describe this
Tone
A concise overview of a text, document, or media piece that restates the main points in the writer's own words, without including personal opinions or judgments
Objective Summary
In one of Romeo's speeches, he mentions that he would die if Juliet were to die. He does not know that she isn't dead, but it is hinting at something that will happen later in the story.
This is called:
Foreshadowing
Romeo only got a quick ________________ of Juliet when he looked at her briefly through the glass. He decided from that one quick look that he was in love.
Glimpse
Persuading by appealing to your audience's sense of reason
Logos
The problem with dress code is that female students feel they are targeted more so than male students. A fix for this would be creating more rules that fit both genders or making sure everyone is trained to enforce the rules for all genders.
Problem-Solution
The core message or key concept that a piece of writing or communication is primarily about
Central Idea
An example would be in Romeo and Juliet when we, the reader, know they are going to die but don't know how. We are curious and anxious to see what will happen and how it will happen.
One of the techniques for building this is to let your audience see what's happening so they are on the edge of their seat to figure out how it happens.
Tension
A lot of horror movies have a _______________ tone because they need to be creepy, dark, and depressing to scare the audience.
Grim
The writer weaves two or more dramatic plots that are usually linked by a common character and a similar theme.
For example, in Game of Thrones, there are several characters with one goal (becoming king/queen), and the audience gets to see their separate journeys and how they are similar/different.
Parallel Plot
“The deep blue hues of twilight were reflected in the still water; the slight glint of moonlight peeked through the clouds just enough to make out the silhouette of a passing ship.”
Imagery
A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
Allegory
In the story A Christmas Carol, Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come/Future. This ghost shows him a future where he is dead and no one cares about him. This is a warning for him to change his ways if he wants to change the future.
Flash Forward
Some people would describe avant-garde paintings and fashion as ________________ because they are so bizarre and abnormal.
Surreal
A moment of sudden revelation or insight.
Epiphany
"And you know, ladies and gentlemen, my whole life has been about trying to create a climate of opportunity for people.
You know, as my father carried that mail on his back and his father was a coal miner, and you know, I was just told by my cousin—I didn't realize this—that my mother, one of four [children]‚ was the only one to graduate from high school. The other three barely made it out of the eighth grade because they were poor...
And you know, as I've traveled the country and I look into your eyes... You want to believe that your children are going to have ultimately a better America than what we got from our mothers and fathers. That's the great American legacy: that our kids will be better than we are."
Ethos