tension
This technique creates a path the reader follows to solve the mystery of the plot. It functions by revealing information that hints at something but withholds the information that could explain what that something is.
What is foreshadowing?
This rhetorical appeal appeals to reason or logic and uses facts and evidence to convince a reader or listener of the strength of an argument/claim.
What is Logos?
These are small stories within the larger story to provide evidence to support the point.
What are anecdotes?
A logical fallacy is an error in _____.
Reasoning
It refers to actions or events in the past.
What is past tense?
This technique creates tension by writing in 2nd person to lure the readers into the conflicts of the plot and into the characters at the heart of those conflicts.
What is 'Standing in the Shoes of a Character'?
This rhetorical appeal appeals to ethics and uses credibility or character to convince an audience of the strength of an argument/claim.
What is Ethos?
The way the writer reveals the personality of a character, especially a character’s personality traits, behaviors, actions, motivations, and thoughts.
What is characterization?
This fallacy works by stating that whatever is claimed is true because a ‘so-called’ authority said so rather than applying any logical reasoning or providing any evidence to support the claim.
What is 'The Appeal to Authority'?
A verb tense used to describe a current activity or state of being.
What is the present tense?
This technique creates tension by setting up a disaster the protagonist attempts to avoid by accomplishing a goal.
What is 'The Clock is Ticking'?
“More than one hundred peer-reviewed studies have been conducted over the past decade, and none of them suggests that this is an effective treatment for hair loss.” is an example of...
Logos
This is an unfilled space, interval, or a missing portion in a text.
What is a lacuna?
“You either love me or you hate me.” is an example of...
The False Dilemma
The time of the action is before now but not specified, and we are often more interested in the present consequences than in the action itself.
What is present perfect tense?
“It is, I promise, worse than you think.” at the first few lines of The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells is an example of...
A Powerful Opening Line
“If my years as a Marine taught me anything, it's that caution is the best policy in this sort of situation.” is an example of...
Ethos
This characterizes the subject and provides history and research.
What is backstory?
This logical fallacy works by attacking an individual instead of refuting an opponent's argument.
What is 'The Ad Hominem'/ personal attack?
This can be used to describe an action performed during a period that has not yet finished.
What is Perfect Present Tense?
“This book attempts to provide a short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years. The question motivating the book is: Why did history unfold differently on different continents?” is an example of...
The Forward Motion of a Question
"I'm thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who's fought brain cancer since he was three. He's had to endure all sorts of treatments and surgeries, one of which affected his memory, so it took him much longer hundreds of extra hours to do his schoolwork. But he never fell behind. He's headed to college this fall." is an example of...
Pathos
This is asking questions in order to influence a reader’s/listener’s reaction rather than to gain information by eliciting an answer.
What is rhetorical questioning?
"If you fail this class, you won’t graduate from school." is an example of...
The Slippery Slope
This is a verb tense used for talking about something that happened before something else.
What is Past Perfect Tense?