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17 Cards in this Set
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Tone |
an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. |
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Syntax |
determines how the chosen words are used to form a sentence. |
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Diction |
the choice of words in a particular situation |
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Figurative language |
alliteration, hyperbole, idiom, imagery, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, and simile |
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Authors |
a person who writes a novel, poem, essay |
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Terms of footnotes |
A reference, explanation, or comment placed below the main text on a printed page. |
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Citation: VCS Handbook and MLA Stylebook |
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Terms of irony |
figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. |
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Terms of Argument: thesis, assertion, evidence, agree/disagree/qualify |
Thesis- a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved |
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Grammar terms |
Comma splice Fused sentences |
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Rhetorical strategies |
the ways that writers and speakers use words and language to persuade |
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Strategies of arguements |
1. Argument from anology 2.Thought expirement 3. Arguemnt from absurdity |
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Strategies of exposition |
Making clear what is most important information and what is just nice to know Using story- telling and anecdotes to bring abstract concepts of life Making the most appropriate use of media elements- Text, Images, Animation, audio,and video |
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Elements of logic |
Having proper or reasonable ways of thinking |
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Elements of rhetoric |
Deliberate rhetoric judicial rhetoric Epidelctic rhetoric
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Logos, Pathos, Ethos |
The basic ways of pursuading your audiance |
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Genres of rhetoric |
Deliberate rhetoric judicial rhetoric Epidelctic rhetoric |
