Figurative Language
Rhetorical Devices
Persuasive Essays
Nonfiction
Grammar
100
A comparison between two things that uses the word like or as
What is a simile?
100
An appeal to ethics
What is ethos
100
The purpose of a persuasive essay
What is to persuade?
100
Nonfiction differs from fiction in that the information has this characteristic
What is true?
100
A group of words with a subject and a verb that cannot stand alone as a sentence
What is a dependent clause?
200
A direct comparison between two unlike things
What is metaphor?
200
When something is repeated for emphasis
What is repetition?
200
The text that we read that was a persuasive piece
What is the "I Have A Dream" speech?
200
The type of nonfiction writing exemplified in Tuesdays with Morrie
What is memoir?
200
"I went to the store." is an example of this type of clause
What is independent?
300
When two or or more words that are close together begin with the same letter or sound.
What is alliteration?
300
An appeal to emotion
What is pathos
300
The first sentence of an argumentative essay; a statement meant to grab the readers' attention.
What is a hook?
300
When an author favors one side over another
What is bias?
300
A punctuation mark used to fuse two sentences together
What is a semicolon?
400
When an inanimate object is given human-like characteristics
What is personification?
400
A reference to a historical event or previous literary work.
What is allusion?
400
devices commonly used in persuasive writing
What is rhetorical?
400
When analyzing similarities and differences between two items you are writing this type of essay
What is compare and contrast?
400
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so are examples of this type of conjunction.
What is coordinating?
500
An extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
500
An appeal to logic
What is logos?
500
"Five score years ago, a great American..." is an example of this rhetorical device.
What is allusion?
500
Another term for explanatory writing
What is expository?
500
Because, so that, when, and where are examples of this type of conjunction.
What is subordinating?
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