story about real or made up events
a text about a person’s life written by someone else.
biography
speaker’s opinion
claim
musical form of literature
poetry
main character
protagonist
the most stressful/important part of the story; the turning point
climax
goes after the author's name in a citation
Article title
appeal to logic or facts
logos
paragraph in poems; groups of 2 or more lines in a poem
Stanza
not a fact. Someone's believe
opinion
Life lesson of the story
Theme
facts or information from another source
evidence
opponents opinion - response to claim
counterclaim
AABBCC; pattern of rhyme in a poem
rhyme scheme
appeal to emotion
pathos
background information of a story; we learn about our setting and characters.
exposition
trustworthy/believable - when they did research.
credible
response to the counter claim
rebuttal
sound words like boom and pow
onomatopoeia
type of point of view that uses "I" and "me"
First person
perspective in which the story is being told; 1st person, 3rd person omniscient.
Point of view
citation set up like this:
The article said, "researchers compiled information on the subject and found the medicine did not work" (Leaphart 45).
in-text citation
Bonus points (parenthetical citation)
appeal to credibility or character
ethos
comparison of two things using “like” or “as” - He is slow as molasses.
simile
the author's attitude in the writing
tone