Pronouns
This kind of pronoun represents specific people and things?
What is a personal pronoun?
This is an exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally.
What is Hyperbole?
What type of context clue is this sentence, "Vicissitudes, such as circumstances, developments, or journeys in life, can change a person forever."
What is example context clue?
This is the appeal to logic.
What is logos?
This attempts to engage the audience, to prepare them for the message to come, and to explain the purpose (thesis) of the argument.
What is the exordium?
This kind of pronoun refers to a specific person or thing (the antecedent) that BELONGS to a person/people/animal/animals/thing/things.
What are possessive pronouns?
This is when the author gives human like traits to something that is not human.
What is personification?
What type of context clue is the sentence, "Fluoroscopy, an examination with a fluoroscope, is becoming a regular practice nowadays."
What is a definition context clue?
This is the appeal to credibility.
This provides background or context that was relevant to the specific audience; contextualizes the argument.
What is the Narratio?
The type of pronoun represents the thing that we don't know (what we are asking the question about)?
What is a interrogative pronoun?
This is when two unlike things are compared using like or as.
What is a simile?
What type of context clue is "The minuscule, tiny puppy had a difficult time walking up the large stairs."
What is a synonym context clue?
This is the appeal to beliefs or emotions.
What is pathos?
This explains the evidence clearly that supports the thesis.
What is the confirmatio?
This kind of pronoun represents a thing or things near in distance or time, or far in distance and time.
What are demonstrative pronouns?
This is when the author puts two things side by side to highlight the differences.
What is juxtaposition?
What type of context clue is this sentence, "Although James was nervous about the exam, Brandi was not worried."
What is antonym context clue?
This is the appeal to time.
What is kairos?
This is taking account of the opposing viewpoints and anticipating objections.
What is refutatio?
This kind of pronoun does not refer to any specific person, thing, or amount. It is vague and not "definite".
What is indefinite?
This is when the author indirectly refers to person, place, thing, history, mythology, work of art, or religious history, so that the reader understands how this is relevant to the text's meaning.
What is an Allusion?
How can you tell that a definition context clue is present in a sentence?
What is having dashes or commas around the definition?
This is when the writer asks a question but does not want the reader to answer it.
What is a rhetorical question?
This is concluding in a satisfying and effective way.
What is peroratio?