implied comparison achieved through a figurative use of words
ex. The snow is a white blanket.
What is Metaphor
100
a speaker or writer's character influences how believable or convincing we find what that person has to say
What is Ethos
100
an argument based on the failings of an adversary rather than on the merits of the case;
What is Ad Hominem
100
the emotions, values, or images associated with a word.
What is connotation
100
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
What is Syntax
200
Comparison using like or as.
What is Simile
200
the “argument” itself, the explicit reasons the arguer provides to support a position.
What is Logos
200
intended or inclined to teach or instruct, often excessively.
What is Didactic
200
a short, informal reference to a famous person or event.
What is Allusion
200
recurrent syntactical similarity.
What is Parallelism
300
Compares two things, which are alike in several respects, for the purpose of explaining or clarifying some unfamiliar or difficult idea.
Ex.
What is Analogy
300
an appeal to an audience's sense of identity, their self-interest, their emotions.
What is Pathos
300
deliberately expresses an idea as less important than it actually is, either for ironic emphasis or for politeness and tact.
What is understatement
300
metaphorically represents an animal or inanimate object as having human attributes
What is Personification
300
is the deliberate omission of a word or of words which are readily implied by the context.
What is Ellipsis
400
The arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases, or words side-by-side or in similar narrative moments for the purpose of comparison, contrast, rhetorical effect.
What is Juxtaposition
400
*the words you choose
*the ideas you choose to write about
*the examples and descriptions you use to make your points
What is Voice
400
a type of metaphor in which the part stands for the whole
What is Synedoche
400
A literary mode based on criticism of people and society through ridicule.
What is Satire
400
opposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction.
What is an Antithesis
500
another form of metaphor, very similar to synecdoche in which the thing chosen for the metaphorical image is closely associated with the subject with which it is to be compared
What is Metonymy
500
the writer’s attitude toward the material and/or readers.
ex. playful, formal, intimate, angry, serious
What is Tone
500
the quality of seeming to be true
What is Verisimilitude
500
the central controlling idea of an essay
What is Thesis
500
In a piece of writing, the passing from one subject or division of a composition to another