Appeals
This appeal asks the audience to trust the speaker by showing expertise, goodwill, or good character.
What is Ethos?
This is the term for an author's choice of words
This term refers to the arrangement of words and phrases to form sentences and shape emphasis
What is syntax?
A comparison using "like" or "as" is called what?
What is a simile?
A hint or clue in a story that suggests events that will occur later is called what?
What is foreshadowing?
This appeal tries to move readers by describing a heartbreaking scene or by using charged words to stir feeling.
What is Pathos?
This term refers to the repetition of consonant sounds at the start of nearby words (e.g., "cool cats").
What is alliteration?
The deliberate repetition of grammatical structures, such as "I came, I saw, I conquered," is called what?
What is parallelism?
What is a hyperbole?
A contrast between expectation and reality, often producing surprise or insight, is called what?
What is irony?
When a writer uses statistics, facts, or step-by-step reasoning to convince the audience, they are using this appeal.
What is Logos?
This term describes words that imitate sounds, like "buzz" or "clang."
What is onomatopoeia?
A sentence asked for effect, not wanting an answer, used to emphasize a point is called what?
What is a rhetorical question?
Giving human qualities to non-human things is called what?
What is personification?
The underlying message or central idea of a story is called what
What is theme?
Identify which appeal is strongest in this example: "As a doctor with 20 years' experience, I recommend this treatment for your health."
Ethos — the speaker establishes credibility and authority as a doctor.
These expressions have a meaning that might be quite different from their literal meaning. (Example: Saying someone "kicked the bucket" to mean that they died.)
What is an idiom?
What strategy is used in this sentence: "We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
What is antithesis?
Identify the device and explain what this means: "The classroom was a zoo."
Metaphor.
This means the class was crowded, out of control, disorganized, chaotic.
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work used to add meaning is called what?
What is an allusion?
Read this short claim and decide which appeal is primary and why: "Nearly 70% of households reported saving money after switching to the new program, so it clearly works."
Logos — uses a statistic (70%) and a logical claim about results.
This term refers to the kind of descriptive language that makes a text appealing to the five senses and helps the reader picture what is happening.
What is imagery?
Explain how syntax can change emphasis using this short pair: Compare "Only he admitted the mistake" with "He admitted only the mistake." What changes in emphasis?
"Only he admitted the mistake" emphasizes that no one else admitted it; "He admitted only the mistake" emphasizes that he admitted that mistake and nothing else.
This device compares two different things to show similarity in reasoning (often used to explain). Name it AND write an example!
What is an Analogy?
Example: "Explaining algebra to some students is like teaching them a new language; both require practice and new rules."
Name the device and explain: An object in a story that stands for a larger idea. Provide an example from a story, book, or movie!
What is Symbolism?
Example: The conch in Lord of the Flies represents order (and when it breaks, the order is also breaking down)