46-60 Flashcards
Writer uses language to purposefully to appeal to reason.
Logical Appeal
(Logical appeal) The “embodied thought” an author uses to make decisions while creating the text. It guides that author’s choices (when to make emotional, logical or ethical appeals to a given audience).
Logos
A comparison between two unlike things.
Metaphor
The atmosphere created in a text by the author’s diction and choices in figurative language.
Mood
A lesson drawn from a story.
Moral
A sentence that presents what is not true first, and then ending by stating what is true.
Negative-Positive
When a statement is not logically connected to another.
Non-Sequitur
A writer’s attempt to remove himself/herself from any subjective personal involvement in a text.
Objectivity
The use of a word whose pronunciation suggests its meaning.
Onomatopoeia
When a write obscures or denies the complexity of an issue in an argument.
Oversimplification
A type of rhetorical antithesis where two contradictory terms are linked by proximity and meaning.
Oxymoron
A seemingly contradictory statement that reveals a truth.
Paradox
Sentence construction with two or more grammatical similarities.
Parallelism
An exaggerated imitation of a serious work for humorous purposes.
Parody
(Emotional appeal) Writer uses language to purposefully shape the emotional response of the reader.
Pathos
