Tell Me a Story
A writer’s (or speaker’s) distinctive use of language to express ideas as well as his or her persona.
What is Voice?
A group of related words that together function as a single part of speech.
What is a Phrase?
Emotional, ethical, and logical appeals used to persuade an audience to agree with the writer or speaker.
What is Rhetorical appeal?
One of the central themes of Gift of the Magi.
What is Love?
What is Sacrifice?
The position from which a story is observed or narrated.
What is Point of View?
A writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward the subject. Tone is conveyed through the person’s choice of words and detail.
What is Tone?
A group of words containing both a subject and a predicate. A _____ can be dependent or independent.
What is a Clause?
A rhetorical appeal that focuses on the character or qualifications of the speaker.
What is Ethos?
Jim sold his watch to buy Della a present. His watch represented What?
What is Family heritage?
A narrator who is involved in the story.
What is First-person?
The words or phrases, including specific details and figurative language, that a writer uses to represent things and ideas descriptively by appealing to the senses.
What is Imagery?
The precise meaning of a word.
What is Denotation?
A rhetorical appeal to reason or logic.
What is Logos?
Della's beautiful hair is a representation of _______.
What is (her) Youth and beauty?
The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning. Or when a narrator says one thing, but means the opposite
What is (Verbal) Irony?
A central topic, subject, or message within a narrative.
What is the Theme?
Associations and emotional overtones attached to a word.
What is Connotation?
A rhetorical appeal that focuses on the character or qualifications of the speaker.
What is Ethos?
Jim and Della selling their prized possessions to buy each other gifts they can't use is an example of ________ ________.
What is (Situational) Irony?
A narrator who knows everything and isn't involved in the story.
What is Third-person omniscient?
The main character of a narrative (Batman, for example)
What is a protagonist?
An affix added to the end of a word or stem, serving to form a new word or functioning as an inflectional ending, such as -ness in gentleness or -ing in walking.
What is a Suffix?
A question that is asked for effect or one for which the answer is obvious. The person asking the question doesn't want an answer?
What is a Rhetorical question?
What is The love/sacrifice behind a gift is more important than the gift itself?
When the audience knows something that the characters in the story don't know.
What is Dramatic irony?