Strategies
How an author arranges words or phrasing
Syntax
Describes something with a comparison (usually in past tense)
Metaphor
Appeals influenced by facts
Logos
When the writer is/was speaking
Context
A story of limited perspectives and racial stereotypes
Danger of a Single Story (Chimamanda Adichie)
Speech/style of writing
Diction
Reversal of grammar structure
Chiasmus
Appeals influenced by emotion
Pathos
The people who are being spoken to
Audience
A story of being biracial right after Apartheid
Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
The contrast of 2 separate elements
Juxtaposition
Description of objects
Imagery
Appeals influenced by credibility
Ethos
The feeling of the writing/words
Tone
A story revealing controversial labor practices
Florence Kelly's speech
A line of events that happened in order
Chronological order
When non-living objects are given human-traits
Personification
Themes or words repeated for added effect
Repetition
The speaker's purpose/urgency for their idea
Exigence
A story centered around possessions and how we value them
Possessions (Jimmy Baca)
A balance between types of words or phrasing
Parallelism
An outside reference
Allusion
A short or personal story for describing a point
Anecdote
Unique features the speaker makes for their writing
Choices
A former slave who fought against slavery
Frederick Douglass