Syntax
Rhetorical Devices
Methods of Development
Citations
Figurative Language
100
a syntactical construction using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance; his can happen at the word, phrase, or clause level.
What is parallel structure?
100
the attitude, mood, or sentiments revealed by style, specifically by diction and syntax; describes how an author seems to be feeling, e.g. optimistic, ironic, playful
What is tone?
100
a method of development used to break something down into smaller pieces
What is analysis?
100
verb with a comma, sentence with a colon, or embedding
What are grammatically correct ways of transitioning into cited material?
100
metaphor
What is a figure of speech making a comparison between two unlike objects?
200
a long, complex, grammatically correct sentence in which the independent clause comes entirely at the end or is not completed until the end; e.g. "The proper place in the sentence for the word or group of words that the writer desires to make most prominent is usually the end." (William Strunk, Jr., and E.B. White, The Elements of Style)
What is a periodic sentence?
200
word choice
What is diction?
200
method writer uses to describe how to do something by breaking it down into steps
What is process analysis?
200
place the end period outside of the parenthtetical with the in-text citation
What is the correct method of in-text citation
200
a figurative device in which inanimate objects or concepts are given human qualities
What is personification?
300
A sentence structure in which a main clause is followed by subordinate phrases and clauses. This type of sentence makes its major point at the beginning and then adds subordinate phrases and clauses that develop or modify the point. This type of sentence could end at one or more points before it actually does, as the periods in brackets illustrate in the following example: It went up[.], a great ball of fire about a mile in diameter[.], an elemental force freed from its bonds[.] after being chained for billions of years. (Gerald J. Alred, Charles T. Brusaw, and Walter E. Oliu, The Business Writer's Companion, Macmillan, 2007)
What is a loose sentence?
300
the ordering of words in a sentence, the sentence structure
What is syntax?
300
method a writer uses to explain why things should be or should have been done and the outcome or result of actions
What is cause and effect?
300
underline or italicize these three types of titles in a citation
What are books, periodical titles, and websites?
300
figurative language that is used to convey a sensory perception
What is imagery?
400
a sentence that contains at least two independent clauses joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS).
What is a compound sentence?
400
the appeal to emotions or stae of life
What is pathos?
400
method of development used by a writer to explain a word or concept and to engage the reader in what's being explained, usually not just on a denotative level, but also connotative
What is definition?
400
three format (spacing and organziation) issues of a works cited page include
What are hanging indents, alphabetize by first letter of entry, and double-space throughout?
400
metonymy: e.g. "The sailors drank a glass of hearty red."
What is a figurative device in which one term is subsituted for another term with which it is closely associated?
500
a syntactical structure in whish there is an inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
What is chiasmus?
500
the means by which an author organizes or develops a piece, e.g. compare and contrast, process analysis, definition
What is method of development?
500
a method of development used to convince or sway an audience; may include induciton or deduction to organize evidence; must consider alternate points of view to maintain ethos
What is argumentation?
500
two differences between a print source citation and an Internet source citation
What are you must post date of access and a URL for the websource versus date of publication and page number for a print source?
500
synecdoche: e.g. "All hands on deck!"
What is a figurative device that is a form of metonymy that's restricted to cases where a part is used to signify a whole.
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