Rhetorical Analysis Terms
This appeals to the reader's sense of reasoning
What is logos?
Compares two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile?
Usually the first sentence in a paragraph that states the focus of the paragraph
What is a topic sentence?
In a story we read, a minister wore this which caused great confusion in the town.
What is a black veil?
The name of the cat in "The Black Cat"
What is Pluto?
This appeals to the readers emotions
What is pathos?
The paragraphs of poetry; a collection of lines in a poem, typically divided by a space.
What is a stanza?
Also known as the claim, this is the sentence that what an essay will attempt to prove
What is the thesis statement?
Abigail Williams drank blood as part of a ceremony to kill this person.
Who is Goody (Elizabeth) Proctor?
Tom Walker agreed to serve the devil by doing this type of job.
What is an usurer?
This is how the speaker establishes their authority on a topic
What is ethos?
Literature characterized by an idealistic, perhaps unrealistic view of people and the world, and an emphasis on nature
What is Romanticism?
Type of writing in which the writer explains the message of a speech and examines the various strategies the writer uses to convey their message
What is a rhetorical analysis?
In The Crucible, he was crushed to death by stones for refusing to confess.
Who is Giles Corey?
The name of the twins in "The Fall of the House of Usher."
What is Roderick and Madeline?
When doing a rhetorical analysis, we discussed using a SOAPSTone. This is what it stands for.
What is Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject, and Tone?
Placing things side by side for the purposes of comparison
What is juxtaposition?
Before writing a poetry analysis, it helps to do a TP-CASST. This is what TP-CASST stands for.
What is Title, Paraphrase, Connotation, Attitude, Shift, Speaker, and Theme?
He was a school teacher in Sleepy Hollow who was chased by the Headless Horseman.
Who is Ichabod Crane?
That narrator's dead wife in the poem "The Raven."
What is Lenore?
When analyzing tone in a rhetorical analysis, one should always look at FIDDS. This is what FIDDS stands for.
What is Figurative Language, Imagery, Diction, Details, and Syntax?
A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of life to a humorous effect
What is satire?
Find the mistake in this sentence:
In an earlier article, he claimed that "Climate change is approaching at a much faster rate than we imagined." (Johnson 24).
What is the citation should be included within the original sentence/there should not be a period after "imagined"?
Correct: In an earlier article, he claimed that "Climate change is approaching at a much faster rate than we imagined" (Johnson 24).
He wrote and gave the sermon known as "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."
Who is Jonathan Edwards?
This is what Ethan Brand searched to find after leaving his job.
What is the unpardonable sin?