Figurative Language
A comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as...
Simile
the reason you are writing is known as your...
purpose
a story's time and place
setting
What is pathos?
using emotions to convince someone of something
What is a protagonist?
the story's main character; they change a lot throughout the story
A comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using the words like or as
the statement that you make to share your opinion is
Claim
when an author tells us specific things about a character, this is known as: ____ ______
direct characterization
What is logos?
Making logical statements and using statements/logic to convince someone of something
Define symbolism and give an example of it.
Where something concrete represents something abstract (heart = love; walking cane = fragility)
Onomatopoeia
Giving the reader something to think about/take action is known as:
a call to action
a character that does not change throughout a story is known as:
a static character or a flat character
What is ethos?
Expert endorsement to create persuasion
How are mood and tone different?
Mood is the way a story makes you feel; tone is the way the author feels.
A figurative expression that cannot be taken literally: It is raining cats and dogs.
Idiom
What are two components argumentative writing has that opinion writing does NOT?
counterclaim/rebuttal
What are three ways we learn about characters in a story?
what they say, do, think, look like, and act
a commercial where Michael Jordan is endorsing a product is known as:
Ethos
What are two types of irony? What do they mean?
Dramatic irony - audience knows something that characters do not know; situational irony - opposite events; verbal irony - opposite words
Name three different types of figurative language with their definitions.
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
Hook, connection sentence, background info/fact, thesis statement
In a story, what are two things that are found on a plot diagram BEFORE the rising action: I (2 words) and E (1 word)
inciting incident, exposition
The statement about 1 in 11 people go to bed hungry each night is an example of which rhetorical device:
logos
What does the word DIATRIBE MEAN? He launched into a bitter diatribe about how unfairly he had been treated.
Speech/complaint, etc.