Argumentation
Grammar
Rhetorical Analysis
Elements of Voice
Figures of Speech
100
This model of formal logic explains practical arguments.
What is the Toulmin Model?
100
This term refers to having the same number, gender, and/or case (subjects, verbs, pronouns, and antecedents).
What is agreement?
100
This is the writer's attitude or feeling about the subject of his/her text.
What is tone?
100
This is the use of something more familiar to explain something new and/or complex. The point of comparison is used to demonstrate the similarities between the two entities.
What is analogy?
100
This is comparing two objects by referring to one thing as if it were another. For example, "Erik is a fish in the pool."
What is a metaphor?
200
This is a logical fallacy in which diversion is used to avoid the real issue.
What is the Straw Man?
200
This is a verb ending in "ing" that acts as a noun. "Running is excellent exercise," the word "running" is an example.
What is a gerund?
200
This is defined as a style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer. It is choice of words that separates good writing from bad writing. Abstract, polysyllabic, and trite are examples.
What is diction?
200
This refers to the association people have with word beyond the dictionary definition. For example, the word "dove" refers to a specific bird, though many people associate it with a symbol of peace.
What is connotation?
200
This is a figure of speech in which an explicit comparison is made between two things essentially alike. For example, "Erik is like a fish in pool."
What is a similie?
300
This is a logical fallacy that is a diversionary tactic designed to avoid the real issue.
What is a red herring?
300
This is occurs when the subject of the sentence is doing something, as opposed to being acted upon. For example, the sentence "Krista closed the door."
What is active voice?
300
The following is an example of this writing strategy: Novelist, Amy Tan, in her narrative essay, "Fish Cheeks," recounts an embarrassing Christmas Eve dinner when she was 14 years old. Tan's purpose is to convey the idea that, at fourteen, she wasn't able to recognize the love her mother had for her or the sacrifices she made. She adopts a sentimental tone in order to appeal to similar feelings in her adult readers.
What is SOAPS?
300
This refers a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.
What is cacophony?
300
This is a statement that initially seems contradictory and nonsensical but upon further examination, makes sense. For example, "We must fight for peace."
What is a paradox?
400
These are the modes of persuasion developed by Aristotle used to convince audiences.
What is ethos, pathos, and logos?
400
This is the verb form used to wish, hypothesize, or recommend; it is used when a clause begins with "if" (If I were President . . . )
What is subjunctive mood?
400
This usually appears at the beginning of the introductory paragraph of a paper, and it offers a concise summary of the main point or claim of the essay, research paper, etc.
What is a thesis statement?
400
This refers to word choice. It can be described as abstract or concrete and formal or informal.
What is diction?
400
This is the repetition of the initial sound. For example, "Sally sells sea shells by the seashore."
What is alliteration?
500
This information is widely spread for the sole purpose of promoting a specific cause or damaging another cause.
What is propaganda?
500
This is a writing error that occurs when a writer uses only a comma to join two main clauses.
What is a comma splice?
500
This is the writer's attitude or feeling about the subject of his/her text.
What is tone?
500
This refers to the use of harsh, discordant sounds in writing. Although often used interchangeably with cacophony, cacophony refers to the sounds themselves, whereas this term refers to the resulting use of cacophony for a desired effect.
What is dissonace?
500
This is the repetition of words, phrases, and/or clauses at the beginning of successive lines or sentences. For example, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.
What is anaphora?
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