Rhetoric
The author's intentions for the text.
What is the purpose?
An extreme exaggeration of a situation or idea.
What is hyperbole?
Often applied in formal discourse. This tone can add urgency and importance to the topic.
What is serious?
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?
References made in the text to cultural, political, historical, religious, literary or popular figures, events, or objects. This device is meant to form a connection between the readers’ existing knowledge and the complex ideas the writer raises.
What is allusion?
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 ironic?
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?