Rhetoric
This rhetorical device is used when an author repeats a word or phrase to highlight an important idea.
What is Repetition?
This figurative language compares two unlike things using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
This skill is used after we are done writing, to review our writing for mistakes, spelling, and clarity.
What is proofreading?
This quote illustrates, shows, reveals, and clarifies are examples of what type of verb?
This is the central message or lesson the author wants the reader to understand.
What is theme?
This technique asks a question with no expected answer to make the reader think.
What is a rhetorical question?
This type of figurative language gives human traits to nonhuman things.
What is personification?
This is the sentence in a paragraph that clearly answers the question or responds to the prompt.
What is a topic sentence?
These two parts of a response turns the question into a statement, and then clearly gives the writer’s opinion or claim.
What is Restate and Answer?
This is how the author reveals character traits and develops a character.
What is characterization?
This persuasive technique uses strong feelings like fear, hope, or pride to influence the reader.
What is pathos, or an emotional appeal?
This device compares two unlike things WITHOUT using “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
This sentence connects one paragraph to the next and keeps the writing organized.
What is a transition?
This part of a RACES response connects the evidence directly back to the claim, and it is the most important part of a RACES response.
What is an explanation, or the Explain step?
This organizational strategy presents information in the order it happened.
What is chronological order?
This technique uses specific facts, numbers, or data to support a claim.
What is factual or statistical evidence, a type of logos (logical argument)?
This device is an extreme exaggeration used to make a point.
What is hyperbole?
This type of sentence mistake happens when the sentence has no end, and continues on and on in a messy and confusing way.
What is a run-on sentence?
This part uses quotation marks to include a direct line or detail from the text.
What is Cite?
This is how an author builds their central idea or point by using examples, repetition, comparisons, or evidence.
What is how an author develops the central idea?
This rhetorical strategy occurs when the author changes their attitude or mood to strengthen their message.
What is a shift in tone?
This device refers to a well-known person, place, or event from history or literature to add deeper meaning.
What is an allusion?
This type of tone is used in academic or professional writing and avoids slang, contractions, and casual language.
What is a formal tone?
This is a common mistake in RACES responses and often means the student did not explain correctly and did not answer the question.
What is summary, or summarizing the text?
This structure technique places two characters, ideas, or events side by side to highlight their differences.
What is juxtaposition, or contrast?