Definitions
A character who only has one main character trait
What is a static character?
The art of using language to persuade
What is rhetoric?
Using the same verb tense or structure in your sentences. For example, "This government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the Earth"
What is parallel structure?
The literary device used in this poem to describe the speaker's attitude toward dying.
"If we must die, let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot"
What is simile?
The writer's attitude toward a subject
What is tone?
The literary device used when the audience watches Romeo kill himself because he mistakenly believes that Juliet is dead
What is dramatic irony?
The part of the body paragraph where you add in quotes from the text
What is evidence?
A question whose answer is implied and doesn't actually have to be stated
What is a Rhetorical Question?
The device used in this poem:
For a full week, the blackberries would ripen.
At first, just one, a glossy purple clot
Among others, red, green, hard as a knot.
You ate that first one and its flesh was sweet
What is imagery?
Placing two contrasting elements side by side in order to highlight their differences and create an impact.
What is juxtaposition?
A genre of novel that tells the true story of a particular time period in the author's life
What is a memoir?
The structure of a body paragraph
What is Claim, Evidence, and Explain?
The rhetorical appeal used here: “I was like you. I didn’t have much money. I struggled to pay the rent. Then I studied the stock market. I was determined to make some money. Sometimes I won, sometimes I lost. But I kept trying. And eventually, I devised the system that you will learn today. You will finally be rich."
What is ethos?
The device used in this Robert Frost Poem
"Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay. "
What is allusion?
Analyzing sentence structure
What is syntax?
A point of view in which the narrator tells the story from outside of the main character's own head. They use pronouns like "he" and "she"
What is 3rd person POV?
The most important section of a Rhetorical Analysis Essay
What is the explanation?
Bringing two contrasting ideas or things together in order to highlight their differences
What is juxtaposition?
The literary device used in this poem to describe death:
"Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
What is metaphor?
A rhetorical device placing opposite or contrasting ideas in a balanced, parallel grammatical structure to highlight distinction. For example, "Speech is silver, but silence is gold."
What is antithesis?
A genre in which the protagonist comes of age or experiences a loss of innocence.
This is the better thesis of these two options:
1. Rowling’s imagery and dark word choice help establish a morose tone, which reveals the depth of Harry’s grief over his parents as he weeps by their grave.
2. Rowling's juxtaposition and details help create a morose atmosphere, which helps the reader understand what Harry is feeling.
What is thesis number 1?
Intentionally removing conjunctions for pacing and stylistic effect. For example: "Here, there, everywhere"
What is Asyndeton?
Using gentler language to soften the blow of a message or word
What is euphemism?
What is anaphora?