Informational Text Terms

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An appeal to credibility, trustworthiness, ethics, or moral principles

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ethos

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An appeal to logic, reason, or common sense with facts and statisics

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logos

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An appeal to emotions and feelings

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pathos

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An appeal to time or place

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kairos

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A comparison of two unlike things, often introduced by like or as

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simile

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A word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar

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metaphor

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The repetition of initial (beginning) sounds

in two or more neighboring words; words near each other that start with the same sound

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alliteration

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The forming of a word (as “buzz” or “hiss”) in imitation of a natural sound

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onomatopoeia

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Representing a thing or idea as a person in art, literature; making something not human seem alive

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personification

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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

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hyperbole