Terms
The attitude of the writer towards the subject
What is Tone?
Are used in order to add notes or more information about a topic
What is Annotations?
In The Hunger Games: Mockingjay—Part 1, Katniss Everdeen delivers a fierce polemic against the Capitol after she witnesses a tragedy where the victims were innocent citizens.
What is Polemical?
Compare two objects using “LIKE” or “AS”
A comparison between two unlike ideas/things
Simile VS Metaphor
Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
What is Rhetorical Triangle?
A phrase or word that seems old-fashioned and outdated.
What is Archaic?
The sentence that occurs at the end of the Introductory paragraph
What is Thesis Statement?
While in jail in Birmingham, AL, Martin Luther King, Jr. received a letter from fellow clergymen, basically asking him to stop his protest movement.
What is Refute?
FUN QUESTION!:
Appeals to Emotions
Appeals to Credibility
Pathos VS Ethos
Cute as a kitten
Simile
A method to organize the three rhetorical elements.
What is Rhetorical Triangle?
A word or phrase used in a non literal way to convey an effect.
What is Figures of Speech?
“O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night. Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear …” Romeo and Juliet (By William Shakespeare)
What is Imagery?
A style of speaking determined by the author’s choice of words
Dictates how different words put together make a complete thought
Diction VS Syntax
T chart, Main Idea Web, Sequence chart, Concept Map, and Venn Diagram
What are Graphic Organizers?
The spreading of rumors or false information to influence the society
What is Propaganda?
A comparison between two unlike ideas/things
What is Metaphor?
“I didn’t want to go back no more. I had stopped cussing, because the widow didn’t like it”- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (By Mark Twain)
What is Colloquialisms?
“Social media is proving a good marketing tool.”
“Social media is proving to be, not only a better marketing tool, but also a source of advertisement for short and medium enterprises intending to expand their consumer base.”
Good Thesis Statement VS Bad Thesis Statement
Jennifer walked to the store.
(what is the subject and what is the verb)
Jennifer (subject)
Walked (verb)
Known as "loose sentence” and has 3 parts
What is Cumulative Sentence?
The technique used by writers to criticise foolishness/corruption in a society.
What is Satiric?
"We think a problem is weakness, mental laziness, intellectual inflation, but an issue is deep-rooted, interior, and personal." (Allison Amend)
What is Assumption?
States the main idea
A statement that the author intends to prove
Topic Sentence VS Thesis Statement
An analysis of alternatives to fossil fuel energies indicates that a better option is the use of solar and wind power.
(What is being analyzed, what is the topic, and what is the conclusion?)
An analysis of alternatives (What's analyzed)
Fossil fuel energies (Topic)
a better option is the use of solar and wind power (Conclusion)