LTW - Essay Outlines
Part of an essay's conclusion in which the writer states to whom his issue matters and why it matters to that person or group
What is amplification?
One of the five common topics. This common topic asks how two things are similar by noting what both terms, "have," "are," and "do."
What is comparison?
The first monster Beowulf defeats
Who is Grendel?
A major theme in The Song of Roland and a code of conduct for Medieval knights
What is chivalry?
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
What is alliteration?
The opening of an essay or speech, placed at the beginning of the introduction. Its purpose is to make the audience receptive to the speech or essay so they will listen.
What is exordium?
One of the five common topics. This common topic identifies the genus and differentia of a thing. It asks the questions, "To what category does a thing belong?" "How does it compare to other members of that set?"
What is definition?
The king in The Song of Roland
Who is Charlemagne?
Hrothgar warns Beowulf against the dangers of this vice. (A vice is the opposite of a virtue.)
What is pride?
The first canon of rhetoric during which the writer discovers material (an inventory) for the text. This canon is also called discovery (coming up with something to say when we write).
What is Invention?
Also called a "statement of facts" or "statement of circumstances." It tells a story with settings, actors, and actions, to inform the reader about the circumstances they need to know about the subject, or thesis, of the essay.
What is Narratio?
One of the five common topics. This common topic lists events or actions that take place before and after the situation in which the issue arises and determines which are causes of the situation and which could be the effects of the actor's decisions.
What is relation?
King Alfred's arch nemesis, who eventually converted to Christianity
Who is Guthrum?
Gawain struggles with this when he goes to Lord Bertilak's house.
What is temptation?
A poetic device consisting of a short line followed by four rhyming lines. We see this at the end of each fit of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
What is a Bob and Wheel?
An opposing argument and a response to it
What is refutation?
One of five common topics, sometimes this topic is called Authority. This topic asks witnesses what they know about a situation or event.
What is testimony?
The only thane who stays by Beowulf's side when he fights the dragon
Who is Wiglaf?
The Song of Roland highlights this historical event.
The Moorish Conquest of Spain
A verb form or voice in which the grammatical subject receives the verb's action
What is passive voice?
The portion of the division that states the thesis, enumeration, and exposition
What is division?
One of the five common topics. This common topic describes actions and events that occur at the same time as, but in different locations from, the situation in which the issue arises.
What is circumstance?
Roland's girlfriend
Who is Aude?
What is loving one's own life?
The three people groups talked about in the first three chapters of Alfred the Great
Who are the Britons, Angles, and Danes?