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A word that means the same thing as or a similar thing to another word.
What is a synonym?
This is an extended comparison based on the idea that the relationship between one pair of things is like the relationship between another pair.
What is an analogy?
This is the reason for an author writing a text.
What is author's purpose?
This is another way of saying word choice. In 18th century writing, it is often archaic.
What is diction?
This is the name for text at the beginning (or "head") of a section of a larger text.
What is a heading?
The dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation?
This is an argumentative technique in which an author attempts to influence a reader's feelings.
What is an appeal to emotion?
This is an author's attitude towards the subject of the text.
What is tone?
This is the use of elevated or "fancy" language in an official capacity.
What is formal diction?
This is the use of numbers to list items within a document.
What is enumeration?
This comes in the middle of a word and means "right."
What is the Latin root -rect-?
This is an argumentative technique in which an author connects to a reader's rationality or reason.
What is an appeal to logic?
These are items within a text that provide important background about the history, clarifying a writer's ideas. Often, they come in the form of a primary source.
What are historical details?
This is an autobiographical account of a person's life as a slave.
What is a slave narrative?
This is the use of similar grammatical structures to emphasize the relationship among ideas.
What is parallelism or parallel structure?
This is the feelings associated with a word that may differ even amongst words with similar definitions.
What is connotation?
This is an argument technique in which an author suggests they have expertise or demonstrate character in a way which a reader must respect.
What is an appeal to authority?
These are pieces of evidence pulled directly from a piece of writing or speech.
What are quotations?
This is the order of words or phrases in a sentence. In 18th Century writing, it is often long or complex.
What is syntax?
This is an internal punctuation mark used to seperate items in a list.
What is a serial comma?
This comes at the end of a word and means "someone who believes in."
What is the suffix -ist?
This is a type of source in which someone with indirect knowledge of a topic writes about that topic.
What is a secondary source?
Tone is identified through these two elements of writing.
What are syntax and diction?
In this excerpt, election means this. "Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest."
What is choice?
This is a statement that explains who is issuing a document and for what purpose.
What is a preamble?