Informational Text and Argumentative Writing
The person reached by a book, radio, television broadcast, etc.
What is Audience
Feeling(s) evoked in the reader as a reaction to the narrative's atmosphere
What is Mood
To provide a brief statement of the main points
What is Summarize
A basic structural component of a poem
What is Line
A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
What is Anecdote
An appeal to ethics and credibility
What is Ethos
A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; An Adversary
What is Antagonist
To study (something) closely and carefully
What is Analyze
Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme
What is Verse
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
What is Metaphor
An appeal to logic and reason
What is Logos
The point in a narrative at which the conflict or tension hits the highest point
What is Climax
What is Objective
A humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming (aabba)
What is Limerick
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristic to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
What is Personification
An appeal to emotions
The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text
What is Protagonist
Based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions
What is Subjective
The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words
What is Alliteration
A figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things using the words like or as
What is Simile
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
What is Inference
The part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved
What is Falling action
Uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language
What is Ambiguity
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
What is Onomatopoeia
The attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object
What is Anthropomorphism