A category of artistic composition, as in film or literature, marked by a distinctive style, form, or content.

What are the three rhetorical appeals?

The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work. Setting, tone, and events can affect the ____?

A statement or central idea that a writer puts forward (usually at the beginning of an argument) and will support throughout the following text.

An instance of using a word, phrase, or clause more than once in a short passage--dwelling on a point.

A brief, usually indirect reference to a person, place, or event--real or fictional.

The direct or dictionary meaning of a word, in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.

What are some examples of figurative language? (two options)

A mocking, often ironic or satirical remark.

A figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side.

The similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses. Involves the repetition of verb forms, parts of speech, phrases, clauses, etc.

For whom a text is written, or who is being addressed. Depending on the genre, the _____ could be general or very specific.

Characteristic of writing that seeks the effect of informal spoken language as distinct from formal or literary English.

What are the different types of irony? (3 options)

A shift in a narrative to an earlier event that interrupts the normal chronological development of a story.

A figure of speech in which two fundamentally unlike things are explicitly compared, usually in a phrase introduced by "like" or "as."

The emotional implications and associations a word may carry; the implied or suggested meaning of a word.

Mounting by degrees through words or sentences of increasing weight and in parallel construction with an emphasis on the high point or culmination of a series of events.

The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. A statement or situation where the meaning is directly contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea.

A person, place, action, or thing that (by association, resemblance, or convention) represents something other than itself.

The study and practice of effective persuasion in speaking or writing.

The perspective from which a speaker or writer tells a story or presents information. The most common forms are 1st and 3rd person.

A story, or a type of text in which related events are presented to the listeners or readers in words arranged in a logical sequence

Reasoning or arguing from parallel cases.

Dialogue

A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect; an extravagant statement.

The substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensively explicit.

A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem.

A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities.

A figure of speech whose meaning is culturally defined and cannot be directly translated, e.g. “piece of cake”

Vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses.

A figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something important in common.

The reason why an author decides to write a text. Some common examples of author’s purpose include “to inform,” “to entertain,” and “to persuade.”