ANALYZING PASSAGE
FIGURE OF SPEECH
GENRE
ARGUMENTATION
HODGE PODGE
100
The reason for writing, as well as the context in which the writing takes place
What is the occasion
100
A form of understatement, typically achieved by negating an affirmation For example, "A fact of not small importance"
What is litotes?
100
The nonfictionalized account of a person's life, told by that person
What is an autobiography?
100
a question posed by a speaker or a writer that is not asked in order o be answered but rather to affirm or deny a point simply by asking a question Is the Pope Catholic?"
What is a rhetorical question?
100
the author of the speech, "Ive Been to the Mountaintop?"
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
200
One of three main parts of an essay. This usually captures the reader's attention through the use of a motivator and often ends with the thesis. The writer's purpose should be clearly identified, either explicitly or implicitly here.
What is the introduction
200
An over-exaggeration used to make a point
What is hyperbole?
200
A scene that interrupts the present action of the narrative in order to depict an earlier event
What is flashback?
200
An argument against the man; an attack on a person's character rather than a rebuttal to his or her actual opinion
What is ad hominem
200
This took place on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963
What is "I Have a Dream"
300
The organizational strategies that a writer uses in a text For example, essays are typically organized with specific patterns, such as narration, definition, or exemplification. Narratives may be organized linearly, circularly, or by shifts in points of view.
What are rhetorical strategies?
300
Achieving contrast through reverse parallelism Example "They fall successive and successive rise."
What is chiasmus?
300
a nonfiction composition that usually explores or develops a single topic generally written in prose, it has elements of one or more or four categories: argument, description, exposition or narration; may be informal in nature, depending on the writer's purpose and audience
What is an essay?
300
Information that is widely spread for the sole purpose of promoting a specific cause, or damaging another cause
What is propaganda?
300
He said, "The ballot is stronger than the bullet"?
Who is Abraham Lincoln
400
The logical, orderly and consistent relationship among the parts of a text This enables a reader to follow the writer's train of thought. Writers achieve this through the use of transitions.
What is coherence?
400
The literary devices used to connote meaning beyond the dictionary definition. They are usually divided into rhetorical figures (or schemes) and tropes.
What are figures of speech?
400
the presentation of an abstract idea through more concrete means - the story has two levels of meaning; the first level is the story itself; the second level of meaning is deeper and usually religious, philosophical, or political in nature
What is an allegory?
400
a logical fallacy that loads the conclusion in the claim a conclusion that should be proven in assumed in the claim Ex - The useless calculus should be dropped from the curriculum (should prove that the class is useless and not just asserting it)
What is begging the question?
400
He said, "These Are the Times That Try Men's Souls."
Who is Thomas Paine?
500
A recurring element of a literary text that serves to unify elements of that text
What is a motif?
500
Compares two objects by referring to one thing as if it were another
What is a metaphor?
500
A form of writing that has a moral purpose-it wants to both criticize and correct the shortcomings that the author witnesses in his or her world Examples - A MODEST PROPOSAL, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, comic strip "Doonesbury"
What is satire?
500
A logical fallacy in which diversion is used to avoid the real issue this is a form of changing the subject
What is straw man?
500
"May the force be with you" comes from this movie
What is Star Wars?
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