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Literary Nonfiction
Analyzing Arguments
Rhetorical Devices
Logical Fallacies
Suspense/Pacing
100
Literary Nonfiction
What is may use the same literary elements of fiction and be just as artful as poetry
100
Claim
What is what the writer is trying to prove or the call to action
100
What is the definition of rhetoric?
What is the art of using language in order to make a point or to persuade listeners
100
Ad hominem
What is attacks a person's morals (personal attack) rather than the argument
100
Pacing
What is what helps create and sustain Horror’s unique atmosphere
200
Diction
What is the words the author uses
200
Grounds (evidence)
What is the support used to convince the reader
200
Repetition
What is the repeated use of certain words, phrases, or sentences
200
Slippery Slope
What is claims a bad chain reaction will happen if something occurs
200
The idea of suspense is to what?
What is to make your reader wait for something they want to know
300
Syntax
What is the arrangement of words in sentences
300
What are the three main purposes for writing a formal argument?
What is to change the reader's mind, to convince the reader to accept what is written, to motivate the reader to take action, based on what is written
300
Parallelism
What is the repeated use of similar grammatical structures
300
Post Hoc
What is assuming something happens just because something else happened priority to it
300
What are the ways to show suspense?
What is slow down the story, withhold information, put in a hard decision
400
Tone
What is the author’s attitude toward the audience of subject
400
When calling someone to action it is important to address what?
What is address barriers to that action, or to point out ways that the person has already moved in that direction
400
Rhetorical Question
What is calling attention to an issue by implying an obvious answer
400
Either/Or
What is only presents two options rather than looking at all of the options
400
What technique is used when you on’t immediately tell your reader what was in the box?
What is withholding information
500
Voice
What is the “I,” or literary version of the author; focus is on the writer’s spin of real experiences
500
when analyzing an argument it is important to present what kind of argument?
What is a balanced argument
500
Sound Devices
What is the use of alliteration, assonance, rhyme, or rhythm
500
Testimony
What is employs a person to promote a product
500
What is the trick to slowing down stories?
What is adding details