The study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature
Literary Analysis
trying to persuade the reader of an idea by providing arguments
argumentative text
a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work
Citation
to make an argument about how an author conveys their message to a particular audience
Rhetorical Analysis
a place, person, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained
Source(s)
Any technique used to help the author achieve his or her purpose
Literary Device
nonfiction writing, written with the intention of informing the reader about a specific topic
Informational Text
a concise way to identify the source of certain information
In-Text Citation
a technique or word construction that a speaker or writer uses to win an audience to their side
Rhetorical Device
immediate, first-hand accounts of a topic, from people who had a direct connection with it
Primary Source(s)
An essential characteristic of all works of written and spoken narrative fiction
Literary Element
any text intended for consumption by its audience in a digital form
a type of citation where the author's name is used within the text of the sentence
Appeal to Logic
Logos
a source that was created later by someone who did not experience first-hand
Secondary Source(s)
a piece of writing, such as a book or poem, that has the purpose of telling a story or entertaining, as in a fictional novel
Literary Text
combing two or more modes such as written language, spoken language, visual (still and moving image), audio, gestural, and spatial meaning
Multimodal Text
gives credit in parentheses to a source that you're quoting or paraphrasing
Parenthetical Citation
Appeals to emotion
Pathos
a source that provides a thorough, well-reasoned theory, argument, discussion, etc. based on strong evidence
Reliable Source
a category of literature and/or a style of writing; poetry, essays, novels, short stories and plays are all examples of this
Literary Genre; Literary
a piece of information from a text that we use to support our ideas, beliefs, opinions, and arguments
Text Evidence
a formatted list of all sources you cited within your paper
Works Cited
Ethical appeal
Ethos
a source that relies on evidence and logic to prove that a viewpoint is valid or invalid or to convince an audience to take action
Argumentative Source