AICE English Language Important Terms

the ethical appeal, means to convince an audience of the author or speaker's credibility or character

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

the emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

the appeal to logic, means to convict an audience by use if logic or reason

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words or within words

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• repetition

• dialect

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature

• allusion

• imagery

• reference

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a form of language that is spoken in a certain place, or by certain groups of people

• dialect

• hyperbole

• wording

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

interruption of the action to a present scene that took place at an earlier time

• time machine

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

when an author provides clues or hints that suggest future events

• flash future

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

an extremely exaggerated statement to create emphasize

• idioms

• understatement

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

language that appeals to the senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell)

• imagery

• symbolism

• personification

• the 5 senses

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5