Invention
Questions that help you invent material for an essay
What are the Five Common Topics of Invention?
Method of storing and organizing notes about an issue before writing an outline
What is an ANI chart?
Repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of a sequence of words
What is alliteration?
Tom's occupation in Master Cornhill
What is a ballad-man?
What is the thesis?
Early hints within the text of events that will take place later in the story
What is foreshadowing?
"I'll never forget you; and this I know -- if God made room in heaven for all good dogs, I know He made a special place for you."
Who is Billy (Where the Red Fern Grows)?
ANI in ANI Chart stands for this
What is Affirmative, Negative, and Interesting?
The part of the essay that invites or challenges the reader.
What is the Exordium?
An explicit comparison of two things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
Billy's two dogs
Who are Old Dan and Little Ann?
The evidence that backs up your thesis
What are Proofs?
Novel about the moral and psychological growth of the main character in the formative years, often called a coming-of-age story
"Thee has been homesick."
Who is Hannah (The Witch of Blackbird Pond)?
The main statement or argument that you will attempt to prove
What is a thesis?
This paragraph of your paper contains the Amplification
What is the conclusion?
These should be strong, and written in the active, not passive form.
What are verbs?
Kit is warned not to swim because of this
People will think she's a witch
The underlying universal idea the author hopes to communicate through his story
What is a theme?
A speech or writing that expresses a sense contrary to the meaning intended by the speaker
What is irony?
"Well, if you heed me, you'll stay well away from her. She'll try to run your life for you -- all females do!"
Who is Tom the ballad-man (Master Cornhill)?
How is X similar to Y? How is X different from Y?
What is Comparison?
These support your proofs
What are subproofs? (Evidence is also acceptable)
A similarity of structure in a series of words, phrases or clauses
What is parallelism?
Bilbo makes Gollum/Smeagol angry with this riddle
"What have I got in my pockets?"
This explains how many reasons you will cover in your essay
What is Enumeration?
An indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, or literary significance
What is an allusion?
"Hi there, Little Britches! How many toes you broke so far this spring?"
Who is Hi the cowboy (Little Britches)?
Who or what is X? What kind of thing is X?
What is Definition?
A concluding statement that answers the questions "To whom does this issue matter?" and "Why?"
What is the Amplification?
An indirect comparison of unlike things that does not use "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
The adventurous side of Bilbo's family
What is Took?
The statement that explains why the counter-argument is ineffective.
What is Inadequacy?
Ascribing human qualities to animals or non-human beings
What is anthropomorphism or personification?
“Thief, thief, thief! Baggins! We hates it, we hates it, we hates it forever!”
Who is Gollum/Smeagol (The Hobbit)?
What was happening in the same time and place, or in different places from, your issue?
What is Circumstance?
The part of the essay that identifies the points of agreement and disagreement
What is the Division?
A scheme that arranges contrasting (or opposite) ideas in parallel form
What is antithesis?
Corrie thanked the Lord for these critters, which made the guards at Ravensbruck leave the women alone and free to minister
What are lice?
A reference to ancient Greek or Roman culture or mythology
What is a classical allusion?
The continuous flow of thoughts of a person and recorded in literature as they occur. Also called “interior monologue.”
What is stream of consciousness?
"There are no safe paths in this part of the world."
Who is Gandalf (The Hobbit)?
What do witnesses say about the character or his actions?
What is Testimony?
The part of the essay that presents and responds to the counter-argument
What is the Refutation?
A scheme in which one vowel sound is repeated in adjacent or closely connected words
What is assonance?
The year of the Great Fire in London
What is 1666?
A reference to a story from the Old or New Testament
What is a Biblical allusion?
The stylistic repetition of the initial words of a sentence for dramatic effect
What is anaphora?
"In the Bible I learn that God values us not for our strength or our brains but simply because He has made us. Who knows, in His eyes a half-wit may be worth more than a watchmaker. Or--a lieutenant."
Who is Corrie ten Boom (The Hiding Place)?