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If your not sure what answer should be entered, press the space bar and the next missing letter will be displayed. When you are all done, you should look back over all your answers and review the ones in red. These ones in red are the ones which you needed help on. Term: Definition: explaining something complex by comparing it to more simple Term: ArgumentDefinition: the combination of reasons, evidence, etc that an author uses to convince an of their position Term: appealsDefinition: Three different methods of appealing to an audience of their Term: AttitudeDefinition: the writer's personal views or about the subject at hand Term: Definition: who the is directing his or her message towards Term: Compare and Definition: discussing similarities and differences two things to some persuasive or illustrative purposes Term: Definition: the implied meaning of a word; they can be positive, , or neutral Term: Definition: the extra-textual environment in the text is being delivered Term: CounterargumentDefinition: The argument (s) against the author's Term: Deductive Definition: a form of logical reasoning wherein a general principle is to a specific case Term: DenotationDefinition: the literal, definition meaning of a word Term: Definition: the style of language used; generally tailored to be to the audience and situation Term: EthosDefinition: appeal to Term: Definition: the information meant to persuade the audience of the author's position Term: Figurative Definition: the use of language in a non-literal way (metaphor, , etc.) Term: Definition: the type of work being presented Term: Definition: any descriptive language used to evoke a vivid sense or image of something; includes language Term: Definition: when is suggested without being correctly stated. Term: Inductive Definition: making a generalization based on evidence at hand Term: Definition: saying the opposite of what you mean; also used to describe situations in which the results of an action are dramatically different than Term: Definition: two very different things together for effect. Term: LogosDefinition: logical Term: OccasionDefinition: the or moment for writing or speaking Term: OrganizationDefinition: how the different parts of an argument are arranged in a piece of writing or Term: PathosDefinition: to emotion Term: Definition: the 's persuasive intention Term: RepetitionDefinition: re-using a word or repeatedly for effect or emphasis Term: RhetoricDefinition: the use of spoken or word (or a visual medium) to convey your ideas and convince an audience Term: Rhetorical Definition: the relationship between the , the audience, the text/message, and the context Term: SpeakerDefinition: the persona adopted by the author to deliver his or her ; may or may not acutally be the same person as the authorq Term: Style Definition: the author's own personal approach to rhetoric in the ; similar to voice Term: SymbolismDefinition: using a to refer to an idea or concept Term: SyntaxDefinition: structure Term: Definition: combining sources or ideas in a coherent way in the of a larger point Term: Definition: ideas Term: Definition: the use of stylistic devices to reveal an attitude toward a subject Term: Definition: an author's unique sound; to style Term: Definition: using words with the same first repeatedly close together in a phrase or sentence Term: Definition: making a brief reference to the cultural cannon- EX: the Bible, Shakespeare, mythology, etc. Term: Definition: offering a breif episode. Term: Definition: agreeing with a point of Term: DidacticDefinition: a text with an instructive , often moral Term: Definition: referring to with a veiled phrase instead of directly saying it Term: Definition: providing in service of a point Term: Definition: extreme Term: Definition: a commonly used phrase that signifies entirely different than its meaning Term: OnomatopoeiaDefinition: sound-effect (BOOM! clap) Term: ParadoxDefinition: a phrase or assertion that appears to contradict Term: Definition: repeated structural in a sentence Term: Definition: the form or something to mimic and make fun of it Term: PersonificationDefinition: giving characteristics or actions to non-human things Term: Definition: mockingly stating the opposite of what you Term: SatireDefinition: a genre of humor and mocking criticism to expose the ignorance and/or ills of Term: Definition: referring to parts of something as a way to to the whole Term: UnderstatementDefinition: minimizing something, usually for humorous effect |
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