This and That
The highest possible score on an individual essay
What is six?
The art of using language to persuade
What is rhetoric?
Using the same verb tense or structure in a sentence or sentences. For example, "This government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the Earth"
What is parallel structure?
The literary device used in this poem to describe the speaker's attitude toward dying.
"If we must die, let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot"
What is simile?
The writer's attitude toward a subject
What is tone?
This is the most elusive point on each essay
What is the sophistication point?
Adding imbedded quotes from the text satisfies this requirement.
What is evidence?
A question whose answer is implied and does not actually have to be stated
What is a Rhetorical Question?
The device used in this poem:
For a full week, the blackberries would ripen.
At first, just one, a glossy purple clot
Among others, red, green, hard as a knot.
You ate that first one and its flesh was sweet
What is imagery?
These are the three appeals in rhetoric.
What are logos, pathos, and ethos?
The highest score each essay may earn in Evidence and Commentary
What is four?
A body paragraph MUST include these three elements.
What are a Claim, Evidence, and Commentary (that links the claim and evidence to the author's purpose and audience).
The rhetorical appeal used here: “I was like you. I didn’t have much money. I struggled to pay the rent. Then I studied the stock market. I was determined to make some money. Sometimes I won, sometimes I lost. But I kept trying. And eventually, I devised the system that you will learn today. You will finally be rich
What is ethos?
The device used in this Robert Frost Poem
"Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay. "
What is allusion?
Including personal examples supports this rhetorical appeal
What is ethos? (most commonly)
The thesis statement must ___ ____________.
What is defensible?
Other than a thesis, the most important element of a Rhetorical Analysis Essay.
What is commentary?
What is juxtaposition?
The literary device used in this poem to describe death:
"Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
What is metaphor?
What is describe/imbedded quotes?
This is the process of analyzing a writer's writing or a speaker's speech.
What is rhetorical analysis?
This is the better thesis of these two options:
1. Rowling’s imagery and dark word choice help establish a morose tone which reveals the depth of Harry’s grief over his parents as he weeps by their grave.
2. Rowling's juxtaposition and details help create a morose atmosphere which helps the reader understand what Harry is feeling.
What is thesis number 1?
Writing or speaking about an issue as if serious but really making fun of it
What is satire?
Using gentler language to soften the blow of a message or word
What is euphemism?
The term for when someone begins their sentences with repeating words or phrases
What is anaphora?