Terms : Hide Images
| 283302468 | Allusion | :reference to another work that the author assumes the audience is familiar with | |
| 283302469 | Anaphora | :repetition of initial words (of phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs) -> ex."Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach." Aristotle | |
| 283302470 | Anecdote | :, a brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event, a short account | |
| 283302471 | Aphorism/maxim | :saying (short, clever, memorable) -meant to teach an idea | |
| 283302472 | Appeals (ethos,pathos,logos) | ethos-ethical;appealing to themselves, trustworthy, credible, believable pathos-appeal to the audience through pathos; how we appeal emotional, passions, emotions, sympathy,empathy logos-appeal to the argument itself, logical | |
| 283302473 | Argument | :collected series of statements to establish a preposition (truth,belief); series of facts, logical | |
| 283302474 | Colloquialism | :informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing ex. y'all (Grapes of Wrath) | |
| 283302475 | Connotation vs. Denotation | Denotation-literal definition Connotation-feeling; what is implied | |
| 283302476 | Context | :writings preceding and following the passage quoted; circumstance in which an event occurs, discourse surrounding the language | |
| 283302477 | Controlling Image/Controlling Methaphor | :analogy->extended metaphor; carried through the work; introduce analogy and keep coming back to it | |
| 283302478 | Epigraph | :a quotation or motto placed at the beginning of a book, chapter, or poem, as an indication of its theme | |
| 283302479 | Figurative Language | speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning, speech or writing employing figures of speech (metaphor, simile etc.) | |
| 283302480 | Hyperbole | :overstatement, an exaggeration, to express strong emotion or stress a point | |
| 283302481 | Irony (three kinds) | :subtly humorous perception of inconsistency 1. Verbal-sarcasm 2. Dramatic-reader has perception, character doesn't 3. Situational-situation reader didn't expect | |
| 283302482 | Litotes | understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary) -double negative | |
| 283302483 | Metaphor | :indirect comparison, -a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity | |
| 283302484 | Metonymy | :replaces the name of something with something closely related to it ex.-> ("The pen [writing] is mightier than the sword [war/fighting].") | |
| 283302485 | Oxymoron | :two words that contrast; placed side by side (ex. Jumbo shrimp) | |
| 283302486 | Parallelism | :use of repeated grammatical structures *provides rhythm to the writing *sense of balance | |
| 283302487 | Paraphrase | :rewording for the purpose of clarification; restate in other words | |
| 283302488 | Peroration | :speech; last line of a speech that sums up the rhetorical purpose | |
| 283302489 | Persona | :communicator, role, voice, speaker, sender | |
| 283302490 | Personification | :anything non-human compared to a human/given human qualities | |
| 283302491 | Persuasion | :act of seeking to change someone's point of view (includes going beyond reason and logic; includes emotion) | |
| 283302492 | Rhetoric | :the deliberate manipulation of eloquence for the most persuasive effect in public speaking or writing (the way writers on purpose,control, or shape, beautiful language to persuade a reader) | |
| 283302493 | Rhetorical Question | :asked only for rhetorical effect, not meant to get an answer | |
| 283302494 | Rhetorical Triangle | Created by Aristotle 1. Subject-topic,content,subject matter 2. Persona- sender, role, voice, speaker, communicator 3. Audience- receiver of the communication, reader (The triangle shows that components of a rhetorical situation are interdependent on each other; connected) *Rhetorical Purpose is in the middle of the the triangle* | |
| 283302495 | Satire (Horation and Juvenalian) | :kind of writing, NOT a technique -a mode of writing that exposes the failings of individuals, institutions or societies to ridicule and scorn {for humorous effect} 1. Horation Satire: humorous effect 2. Juvenalian Satire: exposing failings, look down on them, serious effect | |
| 283302496 | Simile | :direct comparison -a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as') | |
| 283302497 | SOAPS (rhetorical situation) | S-speaker O-occasion (history, content, circumstance) A-audience P-purpose S-subject SOAPS-*depicts what we are prompted by | |
| 283302498 | Support/Evidence/Data | :material offered in evidence of an argument | |
| 283302499 | Synecdoche | :"part of the whole" ex. all hands on deck | |
| 283302500 | Tone | :emotions being conveyed through the language | |
| 283302501 | Trope (all kinds; on handout) | Tropes: any artful variation from the typical way a word o idea is expressed; works with connotations and figurative language Categories of Tropes 1. Trope Comparison: -Simile -Metaphor -Personification -Synecdoche -Metonymy 2. Tropes of Word Play -Pun: play on words -Onomatopoeia: use of words that imitate the sound they refer to 3. Tropes of Overstatement or Understatement -Hyperbole/overstatement-exaggeration -Litotes/understatement-usually used with double negative (ex."It is not uncommon...") 4. Tropes of Meaning -Irony -Oxymoron -Rhetorical Question | |
| 283302502 | Unreliable Narrator | : when the narrator is not entirely credible (ex. no real background, no formal education,young,crazy etc.) |
