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English
rhetorical device
Allusions
a brief reference to a significant literary, historical, or cultural person, place, event, or statement used to make an idea more easily understood
Imagery
descriptive or figurative language that creates a mental picture for readers
Persuade
to convince to think, believe, or act
Authors purpose
the reason the author wrote a text: to entertain, to inform, to express an opinion, or to persuade
Direct address
a writer explicitly addressing his or her audience in a text
repetition
emphasizing a word or phrase by repeating it several times throughout a work
parallel structure
a rhetorical device in which similar words, phrases, or clauses are used to emphasize ideas
a technique that a writer or speaker uses to make a point; includes techniques such as parallel structure, allusion, repetition, figurative language, imagery, refrain, quotation, and first-person-plural mode of address
Call to action
a passage urging readers to take a specific action in support of the views of the author
Ethos
a mode of persuasion in which the language and descriptions used are intended to convince an audience that an author is credible and trustworthy
Pathos
a mode of persuasion in which the language and descriptions used by an author appeal to an audience’s emotions
Logos
a mode of persuasion in which the language and descriptions used by an author appeal to an audience’s sense of reason and logic
Appeal
an attempt to influence someone's thoughts or feelings
Rhetoric
the effective use of oral and written language to create meaning for a particular purpose; how something is expressed is just as important as what
Hypophora
Asking a question and answering it immediatly for the reader
Counterclaim
Stating someone's beliefs that opposes your own, in order to defeat their argument
Modifier
a word, a phrase, or a clause that describes and modifies or changes the meaning of a word.
Phrase
a word group that acts as one part of speech in a sentence
participial phrase
a participle together with its complements and modifiers acting as an adjective to modify a noun or pronoun
Clause
a group of words that has a subject and a verb
Misplaced
Place a modifier near the word or phrase it modifies
Dangling
A dangling modifier lacks a word or words to modify in a sentence
Evidence
Textual evidence
specific text that supports inferences, claims, or assertions
Inference
a guess or conclusion based on evidence and clues
Source
a person, document, record, or publication that provides information
reliable
articles written by experts
government documents
scientific treatises
philosophical texts
Culture
the beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific groups of people
Cultural experiences
Incidents that are specific to a person's culture of that have a certain meaning because of the person's cultural backround
Society
Societal issues
problems that affect society