1. ARGUMENTATION one of the four forms of discourse which uses logic, ethics, and emotional appeals (logos, ethos, pathos) to develop an effective means to convince the reader to think or act in a certain way. Ethos (Credibility), or ethical appeal, Pathos (Emotional), Logos (Logical)

2. PERSUASION relies more on emotional appeals than on facts 3. ARGUMENT form of persuasion that appeals to reason instead of

emotion to convince an audience to think or act in a certain way.4. CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP Form of argumentation in which the

writer claims that one thing results from another, often used as part of a logical argument.

5. DESCRIPTION a form of discourse that uses language to create a mood or emotion.

6. EXPOSITION one of the four major forms of discourse, in which something is explained or “set forth.”

7. MOOD An atmosphere created by a writer’s diction and the details selected.

8. MOTIF a recurring image, word, phrase, action, idea, object, or situation used throughout a work (or several works by one author), unifying the work by tying the current situation to previous ones, or new ideas to the theme. Kurt Vonnegut uses “So it goes” throughout Slaughterhouse-Five to remind the reader of the senselessness of death.

9. THEME the insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work.

10.RHETORIC Art of effective communication, especially persuasive discourse.

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Characterization• Hear the character speak• Describe how the character looks• Listen to the character’s inner thoughts

& feelings• Understand what other people in the

story think or say about the character• “Watch” how the character “is” or acts• Hear the author describe directly what

the character’s personality is like (adjectives & adverbs)

Topic Evidence Evidence shows?

Something character said

Character looks

“…like a giant black Z (he had been crippled as a child)” (8)“His face pulled down on the left side, as if a pulley had been attached to his lower teeth…” (8)

Maya’s uncle is disabled.

Inner thoughts & feelings

No evidence

Others think of the character

“Uncle Willie…was the whipping boy and butt of jokes of the underemployed and underpaid” (9)

These people didn’t bother to really know who he was, saw him only as worse off then they were & worthy of contempt – treatment makes him seem like an outsider

Character does

“He was standing erect behind the counter…” (9)

Hides his handicap to strangers at the store. Suggests he tires of his condition and reactions. Wants respect like anyone.

Author says “He is proud and sensitive” (9)

Uncle Willie

1. Syntax The structure of a sentence; the arrangement of words in a sentence. A discussion of syntax in your essay could include such considerations as the length or brevity of the sentences, the kinds of sentences (questions, exclamations, declarative sentences, rhetorical questions--or periodic or loose; simple, complex, or compound). Syntax questions will continue to appear regularly in both the multiple-choice and essay sections of the test.

2. Structure The arrangement of materials within a work; the relationship of the parts of a work to the whole; the logical divisions of a work. The most common principles of structure are series (A, B, C, D, E), contrast (A vs. B, C vs. D, E vs. A), and repetition (AA, BB, AB). The most common units of structure are--play: scene, act; novel: chapter; poem: line, stanza

3. Strategy (or rhetorical strategy) The management of language for a specific effect. The strategy or rhetorical strategy of a poem is the planned placing of elements to achieve an effect. The rhetorical strategy of most love poems is deployed to convince the loved-one to return the speaker's love. By appealing to the loved-one's sympathy ("If you don't return my love, my heart will break."), or by flattery ("How could I not love someone as beautiful as you?"), or by threat ("When you're old, you'll be sorry you refused me."), the lover attempts to persuade the loved-one to love in return.

4. Resources of language A general phrase for the linguistic devices of techniques that a writer can use. Such topics as diction, syntax, figurative language, and imagery are all examples of resources of language.

5. Rhetorical techniques The devices used in effective or persuasive language. The number of rhetorical techniques, like that of the resources of language. The more common examples include devices like contrast, repetitions, paradox, understatement, sarcasm, and rhetorical question.

6. Narrative techniques The methods involved in telling a story. Narrative techniques is a general term (like "devices," or "resources of language") which asks you to discuss the procedures used in the telling of a story. Examples of the techniques are point of view, manipulation of time, dialogue, or interior monologue.

7. Figurative language Writing that uses figures of speech (as supposed to literal language of that which is actual or specifically denoted) such as metaphor, simile, and irony. Figurative language uses words to mean something other than their literal meaning.

8. Details Details are items or parts that make up a larger picture or story. 9. SYNECDOCHE a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole. “If you don’t drive properly, you will

lose your wheels.” The wheels represent the entire car.10. DIDACTIC form of fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct

behavior or thinking.

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10•Q4 outside reading passed out

11 12•Final ISN check

13 14 •Last DOL quiz

17 18•Vocab Final•Q4 outside reading collected

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