What a text is mostly about

The lesson or moral we learn from a story.

"Slavery proved it's ability to divest her of these heavenly qualities" (Douglass 32.

"...education and slavery were incompatible with each other" (Douglass 33).

Literacy, Education, Civil Rights, & Courage

are all examples of...

A frequently repeated idea or image in a text that has symbolic meaning.

In his "Atlanta Compromise Speech" Booker T. Washington repeatedly references manhood and manliness.

The author's attitude toward a certain topic or audience usually revealed in their choice of words (diction).

The author's word choice shows the author is...

worried, patient, impatient, angry,

A literary element describing feelings or vibes evoked

in readers through words and descriptions in the text.

A beach described as salty sea air, gentle breeze, soft sand,

lapping waves or warm sun rays. = calm and peaceful.

The repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words in succession whose purpose is to provide an audible pulse that gives a piece of writing a lulling, lyrical, and/or emotive effect.

"My Mistress, who had kindly commenced to instruct me, had, in compliance ...ceased"

The repetition of words or phrases occurring at the beginning

in a group of sentences, clauses, or poetic lines.

"So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.

Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.

Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania..."

The repetition of words or phrases occurring at the end

in a group of sentences, clauses, or poetic lines.

In his Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln urged the American people

to ensure that, "government of the people, by the people, for the people,

shall not perish from the earth."

The use of the same word or phrase multiple times

and is a fundamental poetic technique.

"Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hatred; hatred leads to conflict; conflict leads to suffering." — Yoda, in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance usually done to build credibility with an audience.

Talking about MLK "... going around preaching pie-in-the-sky and 'non-violent' freedom for the black man" (Malcolm X 262).

A literary device in which a writer uses one thing—usually a physical object or phenomenon—to represent something more abstract.

a storm = the emotional turmoil.

The black cat = bad luck

A literary device that refers to the use of figurative language

to evoke a sensory experience or create a picture with words for a reader.

"The barn was very large. It was very old. It smelled of hay and it smelled of manure. It smelled of the perspiration of tired horses and the wonderful sweet breath of patient cows." - Charlottes web

A literary device that makes an implicit comparison

between two non-similar things without the use of “like” or “as.”

“Bill is an early bird.”

“Life is a highway.”

“Her eyes were diamonds.”

A literary term using “like” or “as” to make an explicit comparison

between two different things highlighting a common quality between them.

i.e. "white as a ghost, fast as a speeding locomotive, clear as mud"

When words or phrases are repeated in succession and agree in both grammar and meaning arranged in phrases, sentences, and paragraphs that balance one another with equal importance and similar wording

providing a memorable rhythm and repetition.

i.e. "I saw nothing without seeing it, I heard noting without hearing it, and I felt nothing without feeling it" (Douglass 36)

A literary device in which a writer emphasizes or exaggerates certain points. Involves making something stronger, louder, more powerful.

i.e. "... acted like devils, pillaging, and raping, and bleeding, and draining the whole world..." (Malcolm X 263).

A feeling or idea that a word has, in addition to its literal meaning.

"The parasitical British administration kept tentacling out to half the subcontinent" (Macolm X 263)

An author that repeatedly uses the words

"starving" and "denying students opportunity" is an example of...

An author that begins their argument by citing professionals

and current scientific research in the field is an example of...

An author that states a thesis and then carefully supports

their supporting claims with evidence is an example of...

An author that repeatedly warns the audience

that time to act is running out is an example of...

An author that claims the necessity of something

based on the current modern era is an example of...

An author that uses numerical data and

statistics to support their claim is an example of...

An author that tells a gut wrenching story

about an individual suffering is an example of...

An author that incites the audience by

telling a story of injustice is an example of...

An author that tells a story about

themselves fighting injustice is an example of...

"Mankind is wicked"

"Hard works pays"

"Pride comes before a fall"

are all examples of...

Movie about - Heroes have to save the planet from aliens

Book about - A man that plots the murder of his obnoxious neighbor

are examples of...

In his treatise on rhetoric, Ars Rhetorica, Aristotle (the ancient Greek philosopher and scientist) claimed that in order to have ethos a good speaker must demonstrate which of the following traits?