Rhetorical Appeals
Define Ethos
An element of argument and persuasion through which a speaker establishes their credibility and knowledge
Define Alliteration
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Define Exposition
The introduction to the narrative presented to the audience
What the text is mainly about
What is Central Idea?
What is the difference between Point and Counterpoint
The Point article is the main argument in the article. The Counterpoint is the opposing viewpoint.
An appeal made to an audience's emotions in order to evoke feeling
Pathos
An author’s reason for writing, such as to entertain, to inform, or to persuade
Author’s Purpose
Define Rising Action
The rising action includes all of the events that lead up to the turning point of a story. The rising action will feature the majority of the details and will depict the gradual progression of the main idea.
What is a symbol?
Something used for or regarded as representing something else
What are the elements of an argumentative essay?
Introduction with thesis
Body Paragraph
Counterclaim
Conclusion
A rhetorical or persuasive appeal to the audience's logic
Logos
Define Style
A way of expressing something in writing or speech that is developed using various techniques
Define Climax
the part of the story where there is a turning point in the narrative.
What is theme?
A message or abstract idea that emerges from a literary work's treatment of its subject matter.
Define hasty generalization
A claim based on evidence that it just too small. Essentially, you can’t make a claim and say that something is true if you have only an example or two as evidence.
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Define Simile
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor.
Define Falling Action
The falling action includes all events that combine to lead to the resolution of the story.
What is Denotation?
The dictionary definition of a word.
Define Logical fallacies
Logical fallacies are flawed, deceptive, or false arguments that can be proven wrong with reasoning.
What is the difference between effective and valid evidence?
Effective evidence convinces you of the arguments truth. Validity is a measure of the arguments truth.
What does it mean to Infer something?
to determine something not stated directly by using reasoning and evidence from the text
Define Resolution
The final solution for the story.
Define omniscient point of view
A point of view when a narrator has an “all-knowing” understanding of characters and events.
Define gloaming
Twilight, as at early morning (dawn) or (especially) early evening; dusk.