Literary Devices
Describes a noun using the words like or as
What is a simile
A thesis statement must always appear here
What is the introduction?
I am the art of persuasion
What is rhetoric?
Wadleigh Secondary School is an example of this
What is a proper noun?
When the opposite of what you expect will happen
What is irony?
a repeating of a word or phrase for effect
What is repetition?
Taking someone's writing and putting it into your own words
What is paraphrasing?
When a speaker appeals to athority as a means of persuasion
What is Ethos?
I begin sentences and are used with proper nouns
What is a capital?
I am considered one of the most well known orators of the 1960's
Who is Martin Luther King?
When the author hints at what is going to happen
What is foreshadow?
The use of these help connect your paragraphs and sentences
What are transitions?
An appeal to emotion
What is Pathos?
I can be used to connect two complete clauses
What is a semi-colon?
This is a special speech given to honor someone who has passed?
What is a eulogy?
When something actually stands for something else in a literary work
What is symbol?
In an argument essay I represent the other side of the argument
What is the counterclaim?
The pneumonic device that helps us write an intro for a rhetorical analysis essay
What is SOAPStone?
A word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase
What is a pronoun?
'What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence or lawlessness; but love and wisdom and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or they be black."
Who is Robert Kennedy?
When you indirectly make a reference to a person,place, thing, or historical event
What is Allusion?
I am the roadmap of the essay
What is the thesis statement?
The issue that prompts the writer to speak
What is exigence?
I am used to add more information about a noun or subject
What is an appositive?
Was the youngest Poet laureate to speak at an inauguration
Who is Amanda Gorman?