Rhetoric
The other's intentions for the text.
What is the purpose?
An extreme exaggeration of a situation or idea.
What is hyperbole?
Often required in academic writing and professional correspondence. This tone uses complex sentences, higher registers, and the third-person perspective.
What is formal?
An overused expression or idea that has lost its originality and impact.
What is cliche?
The literal, dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation?
An appeal to emotions.
What is pathos?
The comparison of two dissimilar ideas or objects without using "like" or "as".
What is metaphor?
This tone is effective for pointing out social ills or problems. An appeal is usually made for alternatives.
What is critical?
A preference or prejudice that affects the objectivity of writing?
What is bias?
The ability to discern the available means of persuasion in a given situation.
What is rhetoric?
An appeal to credibility.
What is ethos?
A comparison used to explain an idea or process.
What is an analogy?
This tone involves drawing to social ills but remaining hopeless.
What is cynical?
The additional meaning or nuance that a word or phrase carries beyond its literal definition?
What is connotation?
A technique used in writing to express uncertainty or caution.
What is hedging?
The factors and situations that influence and affect the creation of a text.
What is the context?
Substituting the names of an idea or object with something closely related.
What is metonymy?
This tone contains a critical element but takes the form of ridicule or parody.
What is satirical?
A claim or assertion supported by evidence and reasoning.
What is argument?
A statement that at first glance appears contradictory but which, given further thought, reveals hidden truth and profound meaning.
What is paradox?
The type of text produced.
What is the genre?
The use of repetition for emphasis or effect.
What is anaphora?
This tone functions through the statement of one idea to prove its opposite. One idea is proposed and developed when the opposite idea was intended.
What is irony?
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences.
What is syntax?
The juxtaposition of two contradicting words or ideas to create a startling effect.
What is oxymoron?