Academic Terms 2 - Am Lit

Rhetoric

• the art of speaking or writing effectively
• Central idea of a work
• Tortoise and the Hair = slow and steady wins the race
• Rain cloud = sadness

Historical Narrative

• the practice of writing history in a story-based form
• to persuade someone by creating an emotional response
• "It is only a small scratch." when you need stitches
• Yo, what's up? vs. Hi, how are you?

Emotional appeal

• to persuade someone by creating an emotional response
• one step removed from primary sources
• People are progressing/moving forward
• the art of speaking or writing effectively

Satire

• humor, irony, or exaggeration used to criticize people's stupidity
• Central idea of a work
• Speeches, diaries, letters and interviews
• the practice of writing history in a story-based form

Transcendentalism

• knowledge about themselves that goes beyond the world
• the art of speaking or writing effectively
• People are progressing/moving forward
• where one writes or says less than intended.

Aphorism

• a pithy observation that contains a general truth<br />
• to persuade someone by creating an emotional response
• the practice of writing history in a story-based form
• Yo, what's up? vs. Hi, how are you?

Non-sequitur

• a statement that does not logically follow the last statement
• where one writes or says less than intended.
• the art of speaking or writing effectively
• Tortoise and the Hair = slow and steady wins the race

Blank verse

• verse without rhyme but has meter
• Central idea of a work
• People are progressing/moving forward
• Yo, what's up? vs. Hi, how are you?

Free verse

• Verse that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
• to persuade someone by creating an emotional response
• Rain cloud = sadness
• the art of speaking or writing effectively

Rhymed verse

• a verse that contains rhyming words
• the practice of writing history in a story-based form
• Speeches, diaries, letters and interviews
• where one writes or says less than intended.