What a Voice
Explaining something complex by comparing it to something more simple.
What is analogy?
When you create a resume, your ___________ is a potential employer.
What is audience?
Setting up a source as credible and trustworthy.
What is ethos?
You might say, "What's up loser?" to your little brother, but you would probably say, "How are you doing today?" to your principal.
What is diction?
Appealing to someone's sense of concrete facts and logic.
What is logos?
The three different methods of appealing to an audience to convince them.
What is ethos, logos, and pathos.
If I am delivering a congratulatory speech to awards recipients, the immediate ___________ might be the awards presentation ceremony; the broader _______ might be the purpose or significance of the awards themselves.
The information presented meant to persuade the audience of the author's position.
What is evidence?
You might say something like "the deplorable state of the world" to convey that the author has a negative __________ towards the world.
What is attitude?
The reason or moment for writing or speaking.
The implied meaning of a word; words can broadly have positive, negative, or neutral meanings.
What is connotation?
If all planets orbit a star, and Theta II is a planet, then it must be a star.
What is deductive reasoning?
What is imagery?
"Fire" is commonly used as a ____________ for passion and/or anger.
What is symbol?
Animal shelter ads with pictures of cute, sad animals and dramatic music is an example of this device.
What is pathos?
The argument(s) against an author's position.
What is counterargument?
The _________ of "chair" is a "place to sit."
What is denotation?
At the most basic sense, saying the opposite of what you mean; also used to describe situations in which the results of an action are dramatically different than intended.
What is imagery?
"She likes pie" is simple, whereas "As it so happened, when Barbara got out of class early, she liked to have a piece of pie--key lime or pecan, always--at the corner diner; while she was there, she watched the people passing by the window and imagined herself inside each of their lives. By the end of the day, she had lived fifty lives."
What is syntax?
"We run, and we run, and we run, like rats on a wheel."
What is repetition?
The style of language used; generally tailored to be appropriate to the audience and situation.
What is diction?
"Given my PhD is the subject and years of experience in the field," is an example of which device?
What is ethos?
Placing two very different things together for effect.
What is juxtaposition?
If you are trying to convince your mother you should get a dog, your ________ in addressing an argument on the subject to her would be to convince her that you should get a dog.
What is purpose?
We might say that George Orwell's ___________ in the novel Animal Farm is satirical and political.
What is style?