The way a writer creates and develops a character’s personality through words, thoughts, actions, physical appearance, and direct comments made by other characters.
What is characterization?
100
A question that does not require a reply.
What is rhetorical question?
100
Appealing to the audience’s sense of logic or intelligence.
What is logos?
100
A drama that depicts the downfall of a dignified, superior character.
What is tragedy?
200
The sequence of events in a story.
What is plot?
200
A struggle between opposing forces.
What is conflict?
200
Evidence that is based on examples and reasons to support a claim.
What is logical evidence?
200
Appealing to the audience’s sense of emotion using descriptive language.
What is pathos?
200
A light-hearted drama that typically ends with a birth or a wedding.
What is comedy?
300
Descriptive words and phrases that re-create sensory experiences for the readers.
What is imagery?
300
A figure of speech in which human qualities are given to an object, animal, or idea.
What is personification?
300
Evidence that is a brief story used to illustrate or make a point?
What is anecdotal evidence?
300
Appeals to the speaker’s credibility and character by showing his/her expertise, knowledge, experience, training, etc.
What is ethos?
300
Instructions written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions and movements of performers.
What is stage directions?
400
The attitude an author takes toward a subject.
What is tone?
400
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, using the words like or as.
What is simile?
400
Evidence that is based on facts, numbers, and is provable.
What is empirical evidence?
400
Used in animal wellfare commercials to get you to donate money.
What is pathos?
400
A long speech presented by a single character, most often to express their mental thoughts aloud or to directly address another character or the audience.
What is monologue?
500
A special kind of contrast between appearance and reality, usually one in which reality is the opposite of what it seems.
What is irony?
500
The underlying message about life or human nature that a writer wants the reader to understand.
What is theme?
500
Supported by all the different types of evidence in an essay.
What is thesis or claim?
500
Best persuasive appeal to get Mr. Williams to change the exemption policy.
What is logos?
500
A main character in a drama who experiences a downfall due to his/her hubris (excessive pride).