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A comparison between two unlike things, not using like or as.
Metaphor
A comparison between two unlike things using like or as
simile
A writing style that appeals to the five senses
Sensory Language
A type of persuasive technique that appeals to the reader's sense of logic; often uses facts, figures, statistics, or data to help the argument
Logos
"Indigenous Taina women would commit group suicide in order to avoid bearing children for the Spanish conquistadores, the first expression of political participation known to the history of the island which my country, the Dominican Republic, shares with Haiti."
pathos, ethos
Writing that paints a picture in your mind.
Imagery
A comparison between two unlike things that lasts the duration of a text
Extended Metaphor
An extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
When the character says one thing, but means another, or there is a hidden meaning
Verbal Irony
"Similarly, figures from the National Police show that intra-family violence affects six out of every ten Dominican homes. According to the same source, a woman is raped every five and a half hours and at least 40% of Dominican boys and girls have suffered some form of physical, psychological, sexual, or multiple abuse in the home context."
Logos
A type of character that changes from the start of the story to the end
Dynamic Character
A type of character that does not change throughout the story
When the audience knows something that the characters do not
Dramatic irony
When the author captures a style of speaking; often captures characters' accents
Name at least two devices: "But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land."
Repetition, imagery, metaphor
Characterization
Persuasive technique that appeals to the reader's emotions
Pathos
The use of humor and irony to point out the folly of a situation, belief, or person
Satire
When characters are speaking to one another
dialogue
"And I need not tell you that wonderful things happened to me there. Now I know that all you children don’t know who Josephine Baker is, but you ask Grandma and Grandpa and they will tell you. You know what they will say. 'Why, she was a devil.' And you know something…why, they are right. I was too. I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America too."
dialogue, metaphor
When the opposite of what is expected happens in a story
Situational Irony
Explain the difference between mood and tone
Mood is the feeling the reader gets while reading, and tone is the feeling that the author is trying to convey through his/her writing
A type of character that is complex
A persuasive technique in which the author uses his/her experience to help his/her argument
Ethos
"Again, you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."
Metaphor, ethos