Luck of the Draw
SAT Vocabulary
Writing
Literary Terms
Persuasion and Rhetoric
100
A sentence contains a subject and a ____________.
What is predicate?
100
embellish
What is to decorate?
100
Dialogue that does not need quotation marks.
What is internal dialogue?
100
The character and conflict meet for final time. Highest point of story for CHARACTER.
What is the climax?
100
The three persuasive techniques.
What are pathos, ethos, and logos?
200
Antagonist
What is the conflict, opponent, rival, etc.?
200
To make greater
What is augment?
200
These help your paper flow smoothly from one idea or paragraph to the next.
What are transitions?
200
The literary term describing the author's ability to "paint a picture" with words.
What is imagery?
200
A question that already contains its answer
What is a leading question?
300
The DICTIONARY definition of a word.
What is denotation?
300
petulant
What is cranky or irritable?
300
The step in the writing process in which spelling and grammatical mistakes are searched for and corrected.
What is editing?
300
The author's attitude.
What is tone?
300
The opposing viewpoint
What is the counterargument?
400
This sentence is usually at the beginning of a paragraph and contains a subject and opinion.
What is a topic sentence?
400
To coax or persuade
What is cajole?
400
The structure of a one chunk paragraph.
What is TS, CD, CM, CM, CS?
400
When one thing in a piece of literature really stands for another thing.
What is symbolism?
400
Appeal to fear, appeal to pity, and appeal to sense of humor all fall under this persuasive technique.
What is pathos?
500
Another word for resolution. It means "To end with change."
What is denouement?
500
To arouse to action
What is incite?
500
A writing trait. The writer develops these from own experiences and then focuses all details in paper on these. The writing shows insight.
What are IDEAS? (#27 in review)
500
allusion
What is a reference to a well known medium.
500
The art of swaying others' beliefs, feelings or actions
What is rhetoric?
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