Sound Devices & Figurative Language
The repeated use of a word, sound, or phrase
What is Repetition?
Joins words, phrases, and clauses (FANBOYS)
What is a Coordinating Conjunction?
The way the writer chooses to present information in a single piece of nonfiction
What is Organization?
Information that can be proved with evidence
What is a Fact?
Methods a writer uses to make the audience think or act a certain way
What are Persuasive Techniques?
A comparison between two unlike things using like or as
What is a Simile?
Starts dependent clauses (SWABIs)
What is a Subordinating Conjunction?
Shows the relationship among events
What is Cause-and-Effect?
A statement that may be supported with evidence, but cannot be proved
What is an Opinion?
Rhetorical device that appeals to logic
What is Logos?
A comparison between two unlike things
What is a Metaphor?
To find it, say "subject, verb, what?"
What is a Direct Object?
Presents details in time order
What is Chronological?
Words like "best" and "worst" usually indicate a writer's...
What is Opinion/Judgment?
Rhetorical device that appeals to credibility
What is Ethos?
Giving human qualities to animals or objects
What is Personification?
An adjective that follows the linking verb and describes the subject
What is a Predicate Adjective?
Shows the ways in which two or more subjects are similar and different
What is Comparison-and-Contrast?
A conclusion that overstates the facts
What is an overgeneralization?
Rhetorical device that appeals to emotions
What is Pathos?
The same letter used at the beginning of several words in a phrase
What is Alliteration?
A noun or pronoun that follows and renames another noun or pronoun
What is an Appositive Phrase?
Identifies a problem and then proposes a solution
What is Problem-and-Solution?
A conclusion supported by facts
What is Generalization?
Used to persuade people over controversial points
What are Rhetorical Questions?