Literary Terms
Vocabulary Words
Authors
Standards
Rhetorical Appeals
100
The author's attitude toward the subject
What is tone?
100
To grow weak from lack of exercise
What is languish?
100
Wrote the "I Have a Dream" speech, leader of the Civil Rights Movement, believed in peaceful change, fought for racial equality in the United States
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
100
The proof you use to support your ideas in writing.
What is text evidence?
100
Appeal to the audience members' logic.
What is logos?
200
The author's word choice
What is diction?
200
To be uncomfortably hot.
What is swelter?
200
Wrote the poem, "We Never Know How High We Are" which explains the importance of pushing ourselves and striving to be the best we can be.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
200
The art of persuasion
What is rhetoric?
200
Appeal to the audience's sense of morality or trust in the speaker.
What is ethos?
300
When the author uses the same consonant sound in a few words. Example: Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is alliteration
300
A guess or hypothesis
What is conjecture
300
Wrote "Ain't I a Woman," a speech given at an Ohio women's convention to persuade women, specifically African American women, to rise up for equality.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
300
First person, Second person, Third person. Important to analyze when reading a text.
What is point of view?
300
Repeating the same word or phrase several times to create emphasis on the idea.
What is repetition?
400
The atmosphere or feeling of a text.
What is mood?
400
Extreme cruelty or brutality.
What is brutality?
400
A former slave, abolitionist, and author of a narrative that revealed the horrors of slavery.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
400
The reason why the author writes.
What is the author's purpose?
400
The triangle that shows how an argument connects the subject, speaker, and audience.
What is the rhetorical triangle?
500
Reference to a Biblical or mythological person, idea, or story.
What is allusion?
500
A short thick stick used as a weapon.
What is cudgel?
500
Wrote "I Hear America Singing," a poem about the celebration of hard work in America.
Who is Walt Whitman?
500
In a paragraph, when including text evidence, the writer must first _____________________ it, then __________________ its meaning.
What is introduce and explain?
500
Any type of writing or speaking that attempts to convince or persuade an audience.
What is argumentation?
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