Essentials of Narrative
Narrative Techniques
Essentials of Argument
Rhetorical Appeals
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100

An account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment.

What is a story?

100

Describing the physical surroundings in rich, sensory language.

What is imagery?

100

To state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.

What is claim?

100

The three strategies of rhetorical appeal.

What is logos, ethos, and pathos?


100

Facts provided or learned about something or someone.

What is information?

200

Using story to engage the reader to deliver information or an argument.

What is narrative nonfiction?

200

Using metaphors, similes, personification, etc. to create a sense of truth/reality and to explain facts 

What is figurative language?


200

The 3 details behind an argument. 

What is claim, evidence, and source?

200

This strategy appeals to ethics and uses credibility or character to convince an audience of the strength of an argument/claim.

What is ethos? 

200

The type of writing that requires the writer to investigate a topic, collect, generate and evaluate evidence, and establish a position on the topic.

What is argumentative writing?

300

The 5 categories of narrative writing.

What is meaning, development, organization, style, and convention?

300

How the writer reveals the personality of a character, especially a character’s personality traits, behaviors, actions, motivations, and thoughts.

What is characterization?


300

A The New York Times article with statistics, facts, and data on COVID-19.

What is a source?

300

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.

What is logos?


300

What is logos?

400

This category of narrative writing means to "support ideas thoroughly & effectively.”

What is development?

400

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?

400

A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

What is an analogy?


400

The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing.

What is the definition of rhetoric?

400

To have

To say

To take


What is the infinitive form?

500

This explains:

  • Who wants what?

  • What happens if they don’t get it?

  • Why now?

What is Narrative Tension?

500

An unfilled space or interval; a missing portion in a text, which can be created either by white space or asterisks

What is a lacuna?

500

"Life is like a box of chocolates."

What is a figurative analogy?

500

I'm not just invested in this community - I love every building, every business, every hard-working member of this town.

What is pathos?


500

What is logical fallacy?