The Right Term
Repetition of similar sounds at the beginning of successive words
What is alliteration?
This word is a synonym for "says" or "states," as in "In the text, the author states..."
What is "claims"? I will also accept any word that is better than "says" or "states," like "posits," "clarifies," "elucidates," etc.
Name for word order and sentence structure.
What is a syntax?
Explaining something complex by comparing it to something more simple.
What is analogy?
The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example, 'suit' for business executive, or 'the track' for horse racing.
What is Metonymy?
The name of the punctuation used to mark direct citations in the text.
What are Quotation Marks?
The feelings or attitudes associated with a word
What is connotation?
The combination of reasons, evidence, etc that an author uses to convince an audience of their position.
What is argument?
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in Cleveland won by six runs (meaning “Cleveland's baseball team”).
What is Synechdoche?
You use this kind of punctuation to combine two independent clauses/complete sentences.
What is a Semicolon?
Appeals to one's character or credibility.
What is Ethos?
Context, message, audience, and exigence are all part of the
What is the rhetorical situation?
The argument(s) against the author's position.
What are counterarguments?
(Here's how you get a sophistication point)
A figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other, such as:
“Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins”. "Keep your mouth closed and your eyes open. Speech is silver, but silence is gold."
What is antithesis?
You need to include this in your writing following a quotation or paraphrasing, in order to avoid plagiarism.
What is a Citation?
Compare/Contrast and Narrative are two examples of the following.
What is a method of development?
A set of similarly structured words, phrases, or clauses.
What is parallelism?
A form of logical reasoning wherein a general principle is applied to a specific case.
e.g. "If all planets orbit a star, and Theta II is a planet, then it must orbit a star."
What is deductive reasoning?
Placing two very different things together for effect.
What is juxtaposition?
You need to include this kind of word when combining two independent clauses into one complex sentence, in order to avoid a comma splice.
What is a Conjunction?
SOAPSTone and SPACECAT are two ways of analyzing the
What is the rhetorical situation?
Claim, evidence, and analysis in each paragraph. Each paragraph advances the writer's central thesis. Mr. McConnaha compared this to pearls on a string.
What is a line of reasoning?
Combining sources or ideas in a coherent way in the purpose of a larger point.
What is synthesis?