A scheme that makes use of contrasting words, prhases, sentences, or ideas for emphasis.
What is antithesis?
100
"I don't want to be overdramatic, but this is literally a battle for April's soul." - Chris Traeger
What is hyperbole?
100
The three persuasive appeals that an effective author uses to make his point
What are ethos, pathos, and logos?
100
using specific cases to illustrate an idea.
What is exemplification?
100
A device used make sure a reader understands the key terms of an argument
What is definition?
200
The opposite of loose sentence, a sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause in the end.
What is a a periodic sentence?
200
"Americans in need are not strangers, they are citizens, not problems, but priorities."
What is antithesis?
200
Songlike prose; a type of writing that is characterized by emotions, subjectivity, and imagination
What is lyrical?
200
Division of a subject into groups according to certain charactersitics.
What is classification?
200
This mode, or pattern, can help make argumentative writing lively and interesting and hold the reader's interest. Typically used to communicate a scene, a specific place, or a person to the reader.
What is description?
300
A trope that connects two contradictory terms. Example: "Bill is a cheerful pessimist."
What is an oxymoron?
300
"It is the hope of slaves sitting around a fire singing freedom songs; the hope of immigrants settling out for distant shores; the hope of a young naval lieutenant bravely patrolling the Mekong Delta; the hope of a millworker's son who dares to defy the odds; the hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too."
What is anaphora?
300
A story or brief episode told by the writer or a character to illustrate a point.
What is an anecdote?
300
A pattern that identifies the similarities and the differences.
What is comparison and contrast?
300
A pattern that tells a story in which pieces of information are arranged in chronological order.
What is narration?
400
A trope in which a part stands for the whole.
What is metonymy?
400
"Freedom! You are a beguiling mistress."
What is an apostrophe?
400
Writing whose purpose is to instruct or to teach. Often formal and focusing on moral or ethical concerns
What is an didactic?
400
A pattern used by writers when they want to explain either how to do something or how something is done.
What is process analysis?
400
A process in which specific examples are used to reach a general conclusion.
What is Induction?
500
A type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as a phrases and clauses.
What is loose sentence?
500
"Are you also aware, Mrs. Bueller, that Ferris does not have what we consider to be an exemplary attendance record?"
What is a litote?
500
A statement that seems to contradict itself but that turns out to have a rational meaning.
What is an a paradox?
500
Explains why something should be or should have been done. Shows relationship.
What is Cause and effect?
500
Involves the use of generalization to draw a conclusion about a specific case.