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| 4238380162 | Diction (James, Leah, Austin) | The style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by speaker or writer Types: informal (slang, friendly), formal (positive, respectful), scientific, descriptive (angry, upset, ominous, happy) Example: "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard, are sweeter: therefore, ye soft pipes, play on" -respectful, formal | 0 | |
| 4238382167 | Syntax (Carrie) | Definition: the way in which words are put together to form phrases, clauses, or sentences. Types: Simple - a sentence consisting of one independent clause, or a clause that can stand on its own as a sentence. EX: David is a great soccer player. Compound - a sentence of two or more independent clauses usually joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction. EX: Chris is a great soccer player, but sometimes he makes mistakes on the field. Complex - a sentence consisting of one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses, sometimes joined by a subordinating conjunction. EX: Joe sometimes makes mistakes because he tries too hard. Compound-Complex - a sentence consisting of two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. EX: When George makes a mistake, he takes it very hard, and he agonizes over it for days. | 1 | |
| 4238399790 | Tone (Grace, and Mikala) | Attitude of a writer toward the subject or audience Example- "Why would they not be gone? I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men, but the noise steadily increased. O God! What could I do? I foamed -- I raved -- I swore! I swung the chair upon which I had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the noise arose over all and continually increased. it grew louder -- louder -- louder!" | 2 | |
| 4238401056 | Audience (Will Story, Jimmy Ando) | The persons reached by a piece of writing. ex.) "Make America great again"- Donald J. Trump; directed to the American people | 3 | |
| 4238401057 | Ethos (Victoria,Helen,Jenni) | the ethical appeal, means to convince an audience of the author's credibility or character "As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results." | 4 | |
| 4238409835 | Pathos (Emily) | A quality of an experience in life or a work of art that stirs up emotions of pity, sympathy and sorrow. example: The green light in the Great Gatsby that represents Jay's separation from Daisy and the hope that one day they will reunite. | 5 | |
| 4238409836 | Logos | appeals to a sense of logic | 6 | |
| 4238408348 | Dramatic Irony (Asia) | that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play Example: "If someone knows the killer is a stranger, from some other state, let him not stay mute... I pray, too, that, if he should become an honored guest in my own home and with my knowledge, I may suffer all those things I've just called down upon the killers." (Oedipus Rex by Sophocles) | 7 | |
| 4283298260 | situational Irony (Izzy) | A literary device that you can easily identify in literary works. Simply, it occurs when incongruity appears between expectations of something to happen, and what actually happens instead. Examples: A fire station burns down. The marriage counselor files for divorce. A vegan never eats meat but has some sausage pizza because he is hungry. | 8 | |
| 4238416423 | Sentence Pattern (Olivia Carl, Emma Winiarski, and Julie Pijacki) | a type of syntax that focuses on tone, structure, language, and/or order of the sentence Types: 1.Declarative-"The woman brought two glasses of beer and two felt pads. She put the felt pads and the beer glass on the table and looked at the man and the girl. The girl was looking off at the line of hills." -"Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway 2.Exclamatory- "It's alive! It's alive!" - Frankenstein 3.Interrogative- "I'm nobody! Who are you?" -Emily Dickinson 4.Simple-"Open your books to page 394." - Severus Snape in Harry Potter 5.Compound- "She was thinking of trying to talk to her uncle, but I told her that wasn't a good idea right now." Vanishing Act 6.Complex- "You take your material where you find it, which is in your life, at the intersection of past and present." The Things They Carried 7.Loose- "I went down to the edge of the pond and waded into the water, scaring the ducks, who paddled out of my way." Just as Long as We're Together 8.Periodic- "Trying to remain cool, he stretches and pretends to yawn as he lies in his back." It Only Looks Easy 9.Balanced: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." -A Tale of Two Cities 10.Order: Natural: when the subject comes before the verb. Inverted/Split: when the verb comes before the subject From Star Wars: Luke: But I need your help. I've come back to complete the training. Yoda: No more training do you require. Already know you that which you need. Juxtaposition: "You will soon be asked to do great violence in the cause of good." -"Yellow Birds" by Kevin Powers. It juxtaposes violence with goodness. 11.Parallel Structure: "Do you always watch for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always watch for the longest day in the year and then miss it" -The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 12.Repetition-"A horse is a horse, of course, of course, And no one can talk to a horse of course That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mister Ed." -from the theme song of Mr. Ed 13. Rhetorical questioning-"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" - From Shakespeare's Sonnet No. 18 | 9 | |
| 4238416424 | Sentence Length | It is also important to note that an average sentence length is just that—an average. Even writers who opt to aim for an average sentence length of, e.g., 20-25 words should mix long and short sentences to keep their reader's interest | 10 | |
| 4238419219 | Subjectivity (Rusinski/ Dantonio) | Defines how/why someone's judgment is shaped by personal opinions and feelings instead of outside influences example: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/02/12/trump-pope-doesnt-understand-us-mexico-immigration-issue.html | 11 | |
| 4238419220 | Objectivity (Kendra, Annie) | Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices Example: The private party room was about the size of a small airplane cabin. Roger and Mabel were dancing together. Rita was eating a piece of chocolate éclair that she had cut into three bites. "This is amazing!" she said, licking the pudding from her fingers. A Labrador retriever was sleeping in the corner. | 12 | |
| 4238421282 | Antithesis | 13 | ||
| 4238423311 | Synecdoche | figure of speech in which a word or phase that refers to a part of something is substituted Example - bread = food and it also means money | 14 | |
| 4238425024 | Metonymy (Andrew, Jack) | A word or phrase that is used to stand in for another word. "The pen is mightier than the sword" | 15 | |
| 4238426350 | Prosody (Madeline Wnuk, Hannah) | the patterns of rhythm and sound used in Poetry Examples include- syllabic prosody, accentual prosody, accentual syllabic prosody, quantitative prosody Example of Prosody- "Take this kiss upon my brow! And, in parting from you now, This much let me avow--" -A Dream Within A Dream, Edgar Allen Poe | 16 | |
| 4238427530 | Point Of View | 17 | ||
| 4246359866 | Archetypes | 18 | ||
| 4246359867 | Satire | 19 | ||
| 4246366439 | Rhetorical Question | 20 |
