Argumentative Writing
Third step in argumentative writing.
Explain your opponents perspective.
Simile.
A comparison of two things using like or as.
Main Character/ the young girl.
Waverly Jong/ Meimei
Onomatopoeia.
Words imitate real life sounds so that saying the word out loud actually sounds like the meaning of the word.
Example:
- "She ran like the wind."
Simile
Conclusion.
Personification.
When a thing is given human qualities.
The primary conflict in the story.
Between Waverly Jong and her overbearing mother.
Hyperbole.
An exaggeration used to create a strong emotional response.
Example:
- "Ending school was a bitter-sweet moment."
Oxymoron.
First step in argumentative writing.
Introduce the problem.
Metaphor.
A comparison when something is described as being something else (uses is, was, am, have been).
Location of the Story.
San Francisco's Chinatown.
Idiom.
A phrase that means something different than a literal translation of the words would lead one to believe.
Example:
- "I'm dying of thirst".
Hyperbole.
Fourth step in argumentative writing.
Give evidence.
Oxymoron.
Two words next to each other that seem to contradict each other.
The main character's mother.
Lindo Jong.
Rhyme.
When words endings sound alike.
Alliteration.
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
Second step in argumentative writing.
Explain your perspective.
Irony.
A contradiction of expectation between what is said and what is meant.
The secondary conflict in the story.
Pun.
Play on words that have similar sounds but different meanings.
Assonance.
The repetition of vowel sounds.