Narrative
Rhetorical Strategies/Persuasive Techniques
Literary Devices
Argument
Wild Card
100

A person in a novel, movie or play

Character

100

A question asked for dramatic effect or to make a point. Not meant to be answered

Rhetorical Question

100

The Narrator of a text

Speaker

100

Position being taken in an argument

Claim

100

a word, letter, or number placed at the start of another word.

Prefix

200

The way the author wants you to feel in a story

Mood

200

Repeated of the same words, or phrases to make an idea more clear or memorable.

Repetition

200

The feeling a word evokes in addition to its literal meaning

Connotation

200

Disproving the Counter Claim

Refutation

200

A conversation between two or more people

Dialogue

300

The author's attitude toward the subject of a piece

Tone

300

Rhetorical Appeal based on Logic

Logos

300

Where and when something takes place

Setting

300

Facts, documentation, or other information used to strengthen a claim

Evidence

300

Assembled spectators or listeners at an event or of a piece of writing

Audience
400

The Central idea of a text

Theme

400
Using common language in order to appeal to ordinary people

Plain Folks Appeal

400

A person or object that represent an abstract concept

Symbol/Symbolism

400

Providing the opposing point of view

Counter Claim

400

A word whose meaning is opposite to another

Antonym

500

A brief statement or account of the main points of something. Retelling a story in your own words

Summary

500

repetition of the same pattern of words or phrases within a sentence or passage to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.


Parallel Structure

500

A brief reference to something or someone historical, mythological, literary or biblical in a text

Allusion

500

Providing Reasoning for your claim in order to establish truth or validity

Justification

500

The quality of being open to one or more interpretation

Ambiguity

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