Text Structures/Features
This text feature provides a brief overview of the content.
What is summary?
This refers to the author's intention behind writing; it can be to inform, persuade, or express.
What is author's purpose?
This is the reasoning that supports the claim in an argument.
What is evidence?
A comparison using "like" or "as".
What is simile?
This term refers to examining two texts to identify their similarities.
What is comparing?
This structure presents a topic followed by details that explain or elaborate on it.
What is description?
The use of vivid and descriptive language to create strong images in the reader's mind is known as___.
What is imagery?
An argument that relies on the credibility of the speaker or writer is known as____.
What is ethical appeal (ethos)?
A deliberate exaggeration for emphasis or effect.
What is hyperbole?
This literary device involves looking at how different authors tackle the same theme in their works.
What is thematic comparison?
This structure arranges information by comparing similarities and differences.
What is compare and contrast?
Interrupting the chronological order to present events from the past, adding depth and context.
What is a flashback?
This type of reasoning appeals to emotions.
What is pathos?
This type of poem focuses on expressing emotions, often without a specific structure or rhyme scheme.
What is a free verse?
This approach analyzes how the setting influences the character's decisions in different texts.
What is setting analysis?
This organizing pattern presents events as they relate to one another in terms of timing.
What is Chronological Order?
This literary technique involves giving human attributes to non-human objects or abstract ideas.
What is personification?
This term describes an argument that contains an error in reasoning, leading to a false conclusion.
What is logical fallacy?
The central message or insight conveyed through a poem is often referred to as its ____.
What is theme?
When comparing characters from different texts, this method highlights their growth or change throughout the narratives.
What is character analysis?
This feature provides context or background information, often found in the introduction of the text.
What is a preface?
This refers to the specific techniques authors use to achieve their purpose, including style, tone, and structure.
What is author's craft?
When the premise of an argument is the exact same thing as the conclusion. The argument repeats itself instead of using facts to prove the premise.
What is circular reasoning?
This poetic form consists of 14 lines with a specific rhym scheme.
What is a sonnet?
This technique involves evaluating the effectiveness of the authors' arguments on the same topic across various texts.
What is argument evaluation?