EOC Question Vocabulary

This is part of argumentative texts. There are three fundamental types: logos (reason), ethos (ethics), and pathos (emotion).

• Appeal

• Rhetoric

• Author's Purpose

• Context

Answer explanation

An appeal is the method an author uses to convince the audience.

What is the intentional and deliberate use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, syntax, devices, and diction used to create an effective written work?

• Author's Craft

• Rhetoric

• Author's Purpose

• Genre

Answer explanation

Different genres require authors to use different crafts.

What is the intended group for a message?

• Audience

• Context

• Author

• Genre

Answer explanation

All texts have an intended audience whom the author considers throughout the creation of the text.

What is the reason an author writes about a particular topic?

• Author's Craft

• Author's Purpose

• Rhetorical Device

• Genre

Answer explanation

This could be to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze, etc.

The purpose also influences what details, features, and devices an author chooses to use.

What are the words, sentences, or passages that precede or follow a specific word, sentence, or passage?

• Appeal

• Context

• Evidence

• Genre

Answer explanation

We use context to help determine the meanings of words.

What are the specific details or facts that support an inference or idea?

• Appeal

• Context

• Evidence

• Genre

Answer explanation

If you can justify your answer with text evidence, you're likely correct.

What is the type or class of a text (usually categorized by form, technique, or content)?

• Appeal

• Context

• Evidence

• Genre

Answer explanation

There are two main genres: fiction and nonfiction.

These are broken into different subgenres.

Fiction/Literary: poem, short story, novel, etc.

Nonfiction: informational/expository, argumentative/persuasive, etc.

What specific conventions or structures (such as imagery, irony, foreshadowing, metaphor, etc.) that authors use to produce a given effect?

• Literary Devices

• Context

• Rhetorical Devices

• Genre

Answer explanation

These are considered the building blocks of literature and include all the techniques, styles, and strategies an author uses to enhance their writing.

What are specific techniques authors use to influence or persuade an audience?

• Literary Devices

• Context

• Rhetorical Devices

• Genre

Answer explanation

Rhetorical devices are successful when they evoke strong emotions within the audience.

What are the unique characteristics that describe a write's use of language?

• Author's Craft

• Context

• Style

• Genre

Answer explanation

This includes diction, syntax, sentence fluency, figurative language, and voice.