Rhetorical Devices
Has, Says, Shows, Uses, Makes
Verb Tense
Suffixes
Evoking the Senses
100

A specific noun that requires capitalization

Proper Noun

100

Applies

Uses

100

I eat lunch.

Simple Present 

100

-ness -tion / -sion -ity -ment -ance / -ence -dom -shi-hood  -er / -or

Nouns

100

Murmur

Sound

200

First sentence of the introduction that catches the reader’s attention

Hook 

200

Declares

Says

200

I ate lunch.

Simple Past

200
  • -able / -ible -ous -ful -ic / -ical -y -al -ive -less -ish -ant / -ent -ed

Adjectives

200

Ripe

Taste (rich, intense, or pungent)

300

Appealing to the credibility of the author or speaker

Ethos 

300

Maintains

Has

300

I will have eaten lunch.

Future Perfect 

300

-ate -ify / -fy -ize / -ise -en -ish -ing -st

Verbs 

300

Spongy

Touch (like a sponge, especially in being porous, compressible, elastic, or absorbent)

400

The right or opportune moment

Kairos 

400

Substantiates

Shows

Provide evidence to support or prove the truth of.

400

I had been eating lunch.

 Past Perfect Progressive 

400

ly 

Adverb 

400

Gawk

Sight (stare openly and stupidly)

500

Urgency, necessity, demand, emergency

Exigence 

500

Engenders

Makes

Cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition)

500
I will have been eating lunch.

Future Perfect Progressive

500

Unquestionably

"-able" (which means capable of or suitable for)

"-ly" (which turns the word into an adverb)

"un-" prefix (which negates or reverses the meaning)

500

Bouquet

Smell (the characteristic scent of a wine or perfume)