Rhetorical Analysis
The chosen group of people you write for.
Audience
The time and place where the events of a story take place.
The Setting
The moment of highest drama and tension in a narrative, in which the main conflict is confronted fully.
Climax
When multiple words in a sentence begin with the same letter.
Alliteration
This crucial sentence typically goes in your introductory paragraph.
Thesis Statement
The surrounding circumstances and context of a piece of rhetoric.
Rhetorical Situation
The central struggle or tension within a narrative that shapes the plot and drives the action forward.
The Conflict
The point in the story arc where the main conflict is introduced and the tension begins to build.
Rising Actions
An indirect reference meant to bring something to mind.
Allusion
This part of the essay should not present the reader with any new ideas or information.
Conclusion
First step/question you ask when conducting a rhetorical analysis.
What is the author trying to do? or What is the purpose?
When the story is written from the direct perspective of the main character, using "I."
First Person Perspective
The final step in the story arc in which all loose ends of the narrative are tied up and the story concludes.
The Resolution
Describing something by literally calling it something else.
Metaphor
This sentence expresses the main idea of a paragraph.
Topic Sentence
Second step/question you ask when conducting a rhetorical analysis.
How are they doing this? or What rhetorical strategies are they using?
The two types of third person perspective?
Third Person Limited and Third Person Omniscient
A story arc that begins and ends in the same place.
The Hero's Journey
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
Anaphora
This is when you review your essay carefully to find and correct mistakes in grammar, style, and spelling.
Revision
Third step/ question you ask when conducting a rhetorical analysis.
Is the author effectively achieving their purpose?
A main idea or message that is presented by the author in various ways throughout a narrative.
Theme
Story arc split into three parts, where each part may have its own rising action, climax, and resolution.
The Three Act Story Arc
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Hyperbole
These words and/or phrases signal the relationships between ideas and make them clear to the reader.
Transitional Words or Phrases