Essay: Structure and Significance
Elements necessary in the thesis paragraph before the thesis statement
What is contextualization, including author's name, the year, location, exigence, etc.
When a word or phrase is repeated in order to stress or emphasize that word or phrase
What is repitition?
Audience, Purpose, Context
What is rhetorical situation?
How words and phrases are arranged (in sentence, paragraph, or greater writing)
What is syntax?
The voice, characteristics, and attitude adopted by an author to present the story
What is Persona?
A thesis statement is only effective if it is __
What is 'defensible'
The words that the author chooses in order to set a tone for the piece.
What is diction?
The claim which asserts if something is true or not
What is a claim of fact
a comparison of two things in order to contextualize or clarify one of those things
What is an analogy?
What is euphemism?
how evidence supports reasoning and explains how choices contribute to messege or purpose
What is commentary?
The author's purpose for writing
What is exigence?
A claim that argues that something is good or bad, right or wrong, or desirable/undesirable
What is a claim of value?
What is hyperbole?
A brief story, usually told from one person or character to another, that illustrates a point in a way that provides greater insight
What is an Anecdote?
Using persuasive and engaging writing choices, the student's ability to provide clear explanation and outline the significance and function of rhetorical strategies used
What is a sophistication point's criteria?
The use of words to juxtapose concepts with opposite meanings
What is an oxymoron?
A claim that attempts to establish, reinforce, or change a course of action
What is a claim of policy?
Repitition of words or phrases in a group of sentences, clauses, or paragraphs
What is anaphora
When a speaker provides a question and then answers it themself
Hypophora
An essay that is consistent, with clear connections and reasonable logic will earn what score?
What is a 6?
Enlarging upon or adding detail to a specific part
What is amplification?
Visual aspects of an image or arrangement
similar parts of a piece that have the same structure
What is parallelism?
exordium, narratio, confmatio
What is classical oration