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i_am_patse_terms
English
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Main Idea | the specific topic or subject. Think of this as the “what” of an essay. |
| Purpose | to tell a story (narration), to explain (exposition), to describe (description), to defend/support/qualify (argumentation), to move the audience to do something (persuasion). Think of this as the “why” of an essay. |
| Audience | the specific receiver(s) of the message. Think of this as the “who” of an essay |
| Tone | the narrator’s or speaker’s attitude toward the subject and can also include the author’s attitude toward the audience. Think of it as the psychological quality of the words, the “Where (is the author coming from)?” of an essay. |
| Negative Tone | bitter, condescending, disgusted, angry, threatening, mocking, sarcastic, teasing, irreverent, hostile |
| Positive Tone | benevolent, compassionate, determined, enthusiastic, hopeful, supportive, sympathetic, passionate, friendly |
| Neutral Tone | colloquial, confident, detached, factual, informal, objective, restrained, scholarly, inquisitive |
| Strategies | the various techniques and strategies the author employs. Think of this as the “how” of an essay. |
| Figurative Language | simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, allusion, symbol, onomatopoeia |
| Imagery | descriptions of concrete elements of sight, smell, sound, taste, touch |
| Rhetorical Devices | repetition, parallel structure, rhetorical question |
| Syntax | the length and construction of sentences |
| Diction | the word choice |
| Rhetorical Shifts | anecdote, analogy, direct address, dialogue, quotations, appeals to reason, emotion, right/wrong |
| Sound Devices | assonance, alliteration, punctuation, capitalization, parentheses/dashes, italics/font changes |
| Effect | the specific impact that the author wants to have on the reader.• isolated or one-off (one specific word, phrase, or sentence) • cumulative (a pattern which adds up to a particular response). |
| Narration | sequence or timeline of events, telling a story (examples: short story, joke, play, novel) |
| Description | physical details (provided details of someone´s or an object´s appearance) |
| Expsoition | information or instruction (explaining, facts or evidence) |
| Argumentation/Persuasion | opinion (thesis statement, point of view, bias) |
| Register | type of voice you use (formal, informal, slang, jargon (special language or terms for specific subjects)) |
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jfischer
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