The emotional implications and associations that a word may carry.
What is Connotation
100
The choice and use of words in speech and writing.
What is Diction
100
A writer's attitude toward the subject and audience, primarily conveyed through diction, point of view, syntax, and level of formality.
What is Tone
100
What does ABC stand for in regards to timed writing?
What is Attack the prompt, Brainstorm, and Create an Outline
100
A statement that is true in most situations.
What is Generalization
200
The similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.
What is Parallelism (parallel structure)
200
The repetition of an initial consonant sound.
What is Alliteration
200
A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected.
What is Rhetorical Question
200
An argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument.
What is Counter Argument
200
An arguable statement, which may be of fact, value, or policy.
What is Claim
300
Vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses.
What is Imagery
300
A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole, the whole for a part, the specific for the general, the general for the specific, or the material for the thing made from it.
What is Synecdoche
300
The presence of two or more possible meanings in any passage.
What is Ambiguity
300
When analyzing the rhetorical strategies used in a nonfictional text, it is a good idea to identify the SOAP of that piece. What does SOAP stand for?
What is Speaker, Occasion, Audience, and Purpose
300
The means of persuasion that appeals to the audience's emotions.
What is Pathos
400
A figure of speech in which a writer deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is.
What is Understatement
400
Substitution of an agreeable or at least non-offensive expression for one whose plainer meaning might be harsh or unpleasant.
What is Euphemism
400
The part of an argument wherein a speaker or writer anticipates and counters opposing points of view.
What is Refutation
400
This type of essay requires you to take a stand on an issue and then support it with sound logic from multiple sources that are supplied.
What is Synthesis Essay (or DBQ)
400
Characteristic of writing that seeks the effect of informal spoken language as distinct from formal or literary English.
What is Colloquialism
500
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; the opposite of a hyperbole. Example: "Not a bad idea", or "It's not very serious"
What is Litote
500
A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated (such as "crown" for "royalty").
What is Metonymy
500
The specialized language of a professional, occupational, or other group, often meaningless to outsiders.
What is Jargon
500
Describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing. The four most common are exposition, argumentation, description, and narration.
What is Modes of Discourse or Rhetorical Modes
500
An error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid.