Building Logos
a piece of information that can be demonstrated or proven to be true.
What is facts?
a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well-founded or true.
What is paradox?
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
What is simile?
the narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view
What is first-person perspective?
a number of connected items or names written or printed consecutively, typically one below the other.
What is lists?
used to emphasise and demonstrate the point of the writer using numerical figures
What is statistics?
To emphasize the ideas being compared or contrasted
What is juxtaposition?
To make a pointed comparison, often a very powerful comparison
What is metaphor?
The purpose is to inform and it helps maintain a distance between the subject and the opinions of the writer. It is for the audience to read, reflect and form an opinion on the subject.
What is third-person perspective?
To urgently call attention to an idea using sentence length
What is short, staccato sentences?
One day I went to the grocery store and saw my friend Kate. Then we went to the pool and swam all day long in the hot sun. It was the best day ever!
What is anecdote?
Keep your friends close; keep your enemies closer
What is antithesis?
Beat around the bush
What is idiom?
You walked across a bridge uses the second person to say what you did.
What is second-person perspective?
"Are you kidding?"
What is rhetorical questions?
"Do everything in moderation, even moderation." -Confucious
What is quotes?
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country
What is parallelism?
The sun smiled down on us
What is personification?
After reading an article about the frighteningincrease in truancy rates in Britain, I feel compelled to offer my views on the subject. I was shocked and surprised at the astoundingly high numbers of students who truant every day.
What is formal perspective?
boing, gargle, clap, zap, and pitter-patter
What is onomatopoeia?
Peanut butter is better than jelly.
What is opinions?
Awfully good
What is oxymoron?
I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
What is hyperbole?
The problem with being a parent is kids! I know I am sounding like something out a TV sitcom, but that’s the way I see it. Now don’t get me wrong, I love my kids, but come on I’ve got a life, they’ve got a life, we all have. So let’s try to meet half way.
What is informal perspective?
I sunk my teeth into the thick gooey chocolate chip cookie. The flavor melted onto my tongue, making me take another bite.
What is imagery?