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"As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results."
What is ethos?
100
Alliteration is a term that describes a literary stylistic device. Alliteration occurs when a series of words in a row For example, “She sells sea-shells down by the sea-shore” or “Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers”w
What is alliteration?
100
A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyming lines in a poem. Bid me to weep, and I will weep, While I have eyes to see; And having none, yet I will keep A heart to weep for thee.
What is rhyme scheme?
100
Mood is a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.
What is mood?
100
An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. The insect, a cockroach, is crawling across the kitchen table.
What is appositive?
200
"I’m not just invested in this community – I love every building, every business, every hard-working member of this town."
What is pathos?
200
An allusion is when a person or author makes an indirect reference in speech, text, or song to an event or figure.
What is allusion?
200
There are three types of internal rhymes: Two or more rhyming words occur within the same line. Two or more rhyming words will appear in the middle of two separate lines or sometimes in more.
What is internal rhyme?
200
Plot is a literary term used to describe the events that make up a story or the main part of a story.
What is plot?
200
A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses.
What is a complex sentence?
300
"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury: we have not only the fingerprints, the lack of an alibi, a clear motive, and an expressed desire to commit the robbery… We also have video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more open and shut."
What is logos?
300
A hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration used to make a point. It is like the opposite of “understatement.”
What is hyperbole?
300
This example of lyric poetry is a poem by Emily Dickinson named I Felt a Funeral in my Brain.
What is lyrical poem?
300
a conflict is a literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces usually a protagonist and an antagonist.
What is conflict?
300
it is dependent on being attached to an independent clause to form a sentence.
What is a independent clause?
400
For example: “You can’t prove that there aren’t Martians living in caves under the surface of Mars, so it is reasonable for me to believe there are.”
What is fallacies?
400
Where the ocean kissed the southern shore
What is imagery?
400
(First Stanza) I love to write Day and night What would my heart do But cry, sigh and be blue If I could not write (Second Stanza) Writing feels good And I know it should Who could have knew That what I do Is write, write, write
What is stanza?
400
After the excitement of the climax, the story may not yet be complete and there can still be unresolved and outstanding tensions that are waiting for closure. These are largely resolved in the falling action stage
What is falling action?
400
A dependent clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb. It does not express a complete thought so it is not a sentence and can't stand alone. "Although I like to go camping... "
What is a dependent clause?
500
A bandwagon propaganda is saying that everyone is doing it, and so should you. "Million of women are using the new Mineral make-up foundation"
What is bandwagon?
500
Sensory details include sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste. Writers employ the five senses to engage a reader's interest.
What is exaggeration?
500
Narrative poetry is a form of poetry that tells a story, often making use of the voices of a narrator and characters as well; the entire story is usually written in metred verse.
What is narrative poem?
500
A resolution is simply a plan to get something done. A resolution can mean informally setting a goal, or it can be an official statement that the legislature intends to do something.
What is resolution?
500
Compound-complex sentences are very common in English, but one mistake that students often make is to try to write them without having mastered the simple
What is a compound-complex sentence?