Characterization
Literary Devices
Rhetoric 101
All about texts
Vocab
100

This type of character remains unchanged throughout a text.

What is static.

100

Identify:

"Jane jumps the jump-rope."

Alliteration

100

The appeal that deals with soliciting an emotional response. 

Pathos

100

Identify the text structure:

"The fig trees never fully reach the mature height of the Oaks."


Compare- Contrast

100

An idea

Ideology

200

This type of character is important to the conflict or general plot of the text. 

What is central.

200

Identify:

"The cars are not far from where we are."

Assonance. 

200

The branch that seeks to apply 3 distinct criterion to words or actions. 

Judicial

200

Identify the text structure:

"The weight of the earth around its mass causes the carbon element to transform into a diamond over centuries."

Cause- Effect

200

To mentally take or understand from something

Glean or ascertain

300

This classification of character undergoes a change through the duration of the text.

What is dynamic

300

Identify:

Dark vs. Light

Juxtaposition

300

The type of rhetoric that requires speaking. 

Discourse.

300

Identify the text structure:

"The Koala's lack of sight, which leaves it at great risk of falling victim to predation, is overcome by its enhanced sense of smell- which allow the Koala to detect a predator before it is close enough to attack."

Problem- Solution

300

A gift from God

Providence

400

These characters are not essential to the plot and, thus, are not really developed fully by the author. 

What are peripheral.

400

A metaphorical comparison than spans the entire length of a text or continues to be presented throughout a text. 

Conceit.

400

The two sub branches of Deliberative Rhetoric.

Persuasive and dissuasive 

400

Explain what differentiates an expository text from an informational one.

Informational texts are filled with research/facts only, while an expository text is also infused with the author's opinions. 

400

Related to what is being studied, talked about or examined.

Germane

500

Why can a dynamic character not be a peripheral character?

Because dynamic characters change throughout a text, and peripheral characters are never developed fully enough to undergo a change since they are not essential to the plot of the text. So, dynamic characters can not also be peripheral. 

500

Something in a text that seems absurd on first glance, but upon further reading and/or reflection, it is understood that there is certainly truth embedded therein. 

Paradox.

500

Explain how the rhetorical process is considered to be reciprocal.

Because the speaker is sending signals to the audience (the message); the audience, meanwhile, send non-verbal cues to the speaker- who will use such to adjust his/her appeal. Since info is moving in both directions, the process is considered reciprocal. 

500

Which text structure is always used for entertainment text types?

Sequential Order

500

Something that has the potential to cause one harm.

Malicious