Inferencing
By using what I have read and what I know.
What is making an inference?
When the author states the character's traits or personality unequivocally.
What is Direct Characterization?
This is the argument the author is trying to convince the audience of in order to achieve his/her purpose.
What is claim?
Something that is comparable to something else in significant respects.
What is analogy?
The overall “feel” of the text which reveals the author’s attitude towards the subject.
What is Tone?
If your cat is standing by the food bowl you can infer...
What is the cat is hungry?
A character that we as the reader know a lot about.
What is Round Character?
Is the formal way of talking about how you use different methods to persuade someone. It is the qualities of an argument that make it persuasive.
What is a Rhetorical Appeal?
The beginning sound of a word or phrase repeat.
What is alliteration?
The way an author tells you about the character.
What is Characterization?
If you forgot to study for a test you can infer...
What is you will not do well on the test?
The character's speech or dialogue, the character's effect on others, the character's actions.
What is Indirect characterization?
The event or occurrence that prompts rhetorical discourse
What is Exigence?
The repetition of the same grammatical form that have the same core message.
What is Parallelism?
A word used in a way that the intended meaning is opposite then the actual meaning of the word or phrase
What is Irony?
Dante tried to hold back tears after Rick had thrown a rock at him and walked away. We can infer that Rick feels?
What is unkind?
A character that stays the same in the story or narrative.
What is a Static Character?
Whenever you find yourself communicating with the intent of modifying someone’s or a group’s perspective,
What is a Rhetorical Situation?
A story or picture that can be interpreted to have a hidden meaning, usually a moral one.
What is an Allegory?
Describing characteristics of a character.
What is S.T.E.A.L Looks?
"I don't care where we eat" said Steph "It doesn't matter to me". We can infer that Steph is...
What is indifferent?
The letter "E" in S.T.E.A.L stands FOR
What is effect on others?
Is a form of criticism that employs the principles of rhetoric to help examine the interactions between a text, an author, and an audience.
What is Rhetorical Analysis?
Deliberate repetition to a word or phrase throughout the story or piece.
What is a anaphora?
Is an object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary work. It can be seen as an image, sound, action, or other figure that has a symbolic significance, and contributes toward the development of a theme.
What is a Motif?