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Honors English
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| an account of actions and events that have befallen someone or something | narrative |
| what are the narrative elements? | narrator/point of view, plot/conflict, setting, characters, audience/tone/purpose |
| who or what the narrative is about | subject |
| where it takes place | setting |
| what is happening | plot/conflict |
| what is your purpose for writing the narrative | theme |
| whom are you trying to reach | audience |
| what are the 6 questions to ask? | who, what, when, where, why, and how |
| a strategy - a way or method of presenting a subject - through writing or speech | rhetorical mode |
| an account of actions and events; the telling of a story | narration |
| writing that appeals to the senses | description |
| an argument that makes a case or proves a point. it seeks to persuade someone through logical, ethical, or emotional appeals | argumentation |
| informative writing. it explains or gives direction | exposition |
| presents its subject impartially | object |
| conveys the writer's personal response to the response | subjective |
| imagery that appeals to more than one sense | multi-sensory imagery |
| general, having to do with essences and ideas | abstract images |
| definite, particular, capable of being perceived directly | concrete images |
| direct comparison of two dissimilar things | metaphor |
| comparison using "like" or "as" | simile |
| animating objects that are inanimate | personification |
| the strategic use of language to move an audience to agree with you | argument |
| what are the 3 appeals of an argument | reason, emotion, and ethics |
| specific to general, relies upon specific examples | inductive reasoning |
| general to specific | deductive reasoning |
| errors occur in drawing a conclusion based on specific examples (in what kind of reasoning?) | inductive reasoning |
| errors occur in the general premises (in what kind of reasoning?) | deductive reasoning |