Word List #1
What is the writer's attitude?
tone
a character in a horror movie walking into a room where the audience knows the killer is hiding
irony
"veni, vidi, vici" or "snap! crackle! pop!"
tricolon
"you are either with us or against us"
either or fallacy
what is language that appeals to the 5 senses
imagery
she likes to hike, dance, and swim
parallelism
"chef" and "cook" both denoting someone who prepares food
denotation
" what, are you chicken?"
invective
"My child's peers in kindergarten were cruel, so all kids are cruel"
hasty generalization
what is a feeling associated with a word
connotation
"I would be delighted!" or "Sure, why not?"
diction
"the cat chased the mouse"
syntax
saying "it's a bit windy" during a hurricane
undertstatement
Taylor Swift promoting a diet plan and claiming it's healthiest option
appeal to authority
What is a person's thoughts and conscious reactions to events, perceived as a continuous flow
stream of consciousness
"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers"
polysyndeton
contrasting wealth and poverty
juxtaposition
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country"
chaismus
original argument: "We should give students better study guides"
"So you think we should just hand out easy A's and not teach them anything?"
strawman
"You're too dumb to understand the issue, so your opinion is worthless
ad hominem
"Boots on the ground" or "all hands on deck"
synecdoche
"jumbo shrimp" or "awfully good"
oxymoron
Aesop's fables which teach moral lessons
didactic
"I love chocolate cake:therefore we should invest in stocks"
non sequitir
Allowing students to retake one test could lead to them expecting to retake every test, and eventually to deadlines becoming meaningless
slippery slope