Literary Text
This tells where and when a story takes place.
Setting
The reason why an author writes a text.
Authors Purpose
This appeal uses facts, data, evidence, and logic to persuade
Logos (Logical Appeal)
The feeling or attitude the writer shows in a story or passage, or the way they say something.
Tone
A comparison that does NOT use “like” or “as.”
Metaphor
The sequence of events in a story.
Plot
An educated guess using background knowledge and evidence.
Inference
This appeal builds trust by showing the author is credible or an expert.
Ethos (Ethical Appeal)
Words that help the reader picture or imagine what something looks, sounds, or feels like in their mind.
Imagery
Giving human traits to non-human things.
Personification
The lesson or message the author wants the reader to learn.
Theme
A text where the writer is either 'for' or 'against' an issue or subject, or presents the case for both sides
Argument
This appeal tries to make the audience feel emotions like happiness, sadness, fear, etc.
Pathos (Emotional Appeal)
How ideas or events are built, or characters grow and change throughout a text.
Development
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
Simile
The way characters act toward each other and how their relationships affect the events in a story.
Character Interactions
This is the main idea of a story or passage.
Central Idea
“If we don’t act now, families will continue to suffer without clean water.” Which rhetorical appeal is being used?
Pathos (Emotional Appeal)
When a word, phrase, or idea is used more than once in writing or speech to emphasize something important.
Repetition
An extreme exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally.
Hyperbole
The person who tells the story.
Narrator
A specific way of viewing, understanding, the way you think or feel about situations based on personal experience.
Perspective or Point of View
“9 out of 10 students improved their grades using this app.” This is an example of which appeal?
Logos (Logical Appeal)
To help or add on to something.
Contribute
“The stars danced in the night sky.” What type of figurative language is this?
Personification