GRAMMAR
PERSUASION
TESTING VOCABULARY
FICTION AND DRAMA
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
100
An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it.
What is Appositve
100
Pathos is a communication technique used most often in rhetoric (where it is considered one of the three modes of persuasion,
What is Pathos
100
Text structure refers to the ways that authors organize information in text.
What is Informational Text structure
100
Mood is one element in the narrative structure of a piece of literature.
What is mood
100
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is Alliteration
200
Capitalize the first word of a document and the first word after a period.
What is Capitalization Rule
200
Ethos is an appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader.
What is Ethos
200
Factual claims assert that a condition has, does, or will exist. These claim are called factual claims since they are supported (are proven) by factual, verifiable information
What is Factual Claims
200
Plot is a literary term defined as the events that make up a story.
What is plot
200
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference
What is Allusion
300
is a clause that can stand by itself
What is Independent Clause
300
Logos is an appeal to logic, and is a way of persuading an audience by reason.
What is Logos
300
A root word is the most basic form of a word that is able to convey a particular description,
What is Root word
300
the exposition is the part of a book that sets the stage for the drama to follow.
What is Exposition
300
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
What is Hyperbole
400
is a group of words with a subject and a verb.
What is Dependent Clause
400
A fallacy is incorrect argument in logic and rhetoric resulting in a lack of validity, or more generally, a lack of soundness
What is Fallacies
400
Not including
What is execpt
400
A struggle between a character and an outside force is an external conflict.
What is conflict
400
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
What is Imagery
500
contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator.
What is Compound Sentence
500
A psychological theory where individuals will do something primarily because other individuals are doing it
What is Bandwagon
500
comparative likelier or more likely, superlative likeliest or most likely
What is most likey
500
a series of related incidents build toward the point of greatest interest.
What is rising Action
500
a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.
What is Exaggeration
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