By Definition #1
Why the author wrote the article or story.
Author's Purpose
Where and when a story exists.
Setting
I would really like it if we got this point-of-view correct.
First person
He runs like a cheetah.
Simile
The Brass Crew
After the Hurricane
A life lesson or moral.
Theme
Section of a poem, like what a paragraph is to a regular story.
Stanza
78% of students think this is an easy example.
Logos
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
Alliteration
Orville, Wilbur
Into the Air or The Wright Brothers
Type of poem with 14 lines and a specific meter and rhyme scheme.
Sonnet
Type of poem with 19 lines, several of which repeat, and a specific rhyme scheme.
Villanelle
OMG! That is such a cute rhetorical appeal, it makes me so happy!
Pathos
Really? Really? You really don't get this one? Really?
Repetition
John and Audrey Hawkins
First Day of School
Type of writing which includes a claim and a counterclaim.
Argumentative
Imaginative use of words that are not literally true.
Figurative language
She said he would never agree with their answer to this point-of-view example, even without knowing if it is limited or omniscient.
Third Person
I love waking up in time to see the flowers waving at me on my way to work.
Personification
Greg, his dad, the guy with the citrus name.
The Treasure of Lemon Brown
The two -ixes that can appear on either side of a root word to change meaning.
Prefix and suffix
The three main sections of an informative, or expository, essay.
Introduction, body paragraphs, conclusion
I was never expecting that climax after climbing through the first two parts of the plot mountain.
Exposition, rising action
This is a million times harder than it seems. I mean, at first I thought it was hyperbole, but then the level of difficulty really challenged that answer.
Parallelism
Joseph Ducreux, Elizabeth Vigee Le Brun, Vincent Van Gogh
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