Exemplification
Provide examples or cases in point
Description
Detail sensory perceptions of a person, place, or thing.
Narration
Recount an event.
Comparison and contrast
Discuss similarities and differences
Defination
Provide the meaning of terms you use
Cause and effect
Analyze why something happens and describe the consequences of a string of events
Divide and classify
Divide the information and classify
Purpose
The reason why the writer has written the piece. NOT LITERAL
Style, Tone, and voice
The attitude a write takes towards a subject or character
Pathos
Appealing to emotion or passion
Ethos
Ethics and credibility
Logos
Logic, facts and statistics
Diction
Choice of words
Repetition
The constant use of certain words
Imagery
Language that evokes one or all of the five senses
Parallelism
The use of identical or equivalent constructions in corresponding clauses
Juxtaposistion
Two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts.
Anaphora
Repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect
Metaphor
Comparisons without like or as
Simile
Comparisons with like or as
Details
a fact, description, example or other item of information used to back up a claim, illustrate a point, explain an idea, or otherwise support a thesis or topic sentence
Syntax
How the chosen words are used to form a sentence
Analogy
The comparison of two pairs that have the same relationship
Flashback
Action that interrupts to show an event that happened at an earlier time which is necessary to better understand current informaton
Hyperbole
Exaggeration or overstatement
Personification
Giving human qualities to animals or objects
Allusion
A reference to something real or fictional, to someone, some event, or something in the Bible, history, literature, or any phase of culture.
Irony
An expression or utterance marked by deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning, often humorous
Oxymoron
A contradiction in terms.
Paradox
Reveals a kind of truth which at first seems contradictory
Symbolism
Using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning
Parady
A humorous exaggerated imitation, or travesty
Sarcasm
A cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound
Satire
literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness, often with the intent of correcting, or changing, the subject of the satiric attack
Argumentation
Convince through reasoning