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This rhetorical device compares two things to help explain an idea.
What is an analogy?
This device places two contrasting ideas next to each other to highlight their differences.
What is juxtaposition?
"If school is a marathon, homework is the hill near the end." This is an example of this device.
What is an analogy?
An author describes a peaceful village immediately followed by a violent battlefield scene. This rhetorical device is used.
What is juxtaposition?
Why might an author used juxtaposition in a text?
To highlight the differences between two things.
Tone refers to the author's _______ toward the subject.
Words like gloomy, sorrowful, and lonely suggest this type of tone.
What is a sad or melancholy tone?
Which element most strongly helps readers determine tone in a text?
What is word choice?
If a writer uses playful language and jokes, the tone is likely this.
What is a humorous/light tone?
This is the main argument or position an author is trying to prove.
What is the author's claim?
Evidence, examples, and statistics are used to do this to a claim.
What is support the claim?
If an author argues that schools should start later in the morning, that statement is the author's _____.
What is the claim?
In argumentative writing, the claim is usually found in this part of the essay.
What is the introduction or thesis statement?
Parallelism means using the same _____ structure in related phrases or sentences.
What is grammatical structure?
"Running, swimming, and biking are my favorite activities." This sentence shows this technique.
What is parallelism?
What is parallelism?
Conflict is the _____ or struggle in a story.
What is the problem?
An inference is a conclusion based on evidence and this.
What is prior knowledge or reasoning?
If a character slams the door and refuses to speak, you might infer they feel this way.
What is angry or upset?
This point of view uses pronouns like "I," "Me," and "My."
What is first person?
In this POV, the narrator knows the thoughts of ALL characters.
Situational irony occurs when what happens is different from what is ______.
What is expected?
Events moving from beginning to middle to end is this structure.
A counterargument is the _____ viewpoint to the author's claim.
What is the opposing viewpoint?
If an essay argues for school uniforms, the counterargument might argue this.
What is students should have freedom to choose their clothes?