English Summer Vocab

Question 1

Appeals to emotions, values, desires, hopes, fears, or prejudices

Answer 1

Pathos

Question 2

Speaker uses details, examples, facts, or statistics to build logic

Answer 2

Logos

Question 3

Appeal to timeliness

Answer 3

Kairos

Question 4

Expressing a point of view in a subject and supporting it with evidence

Answer 4

Argument

Question 5

Using evidence to support the argument

Answer 5

Defend

Question 6

Counter arguments

Answer 6

Challenge

Question 7

Adding evidence to a phrase to make it less general

Answer 7

Qualify

Question 8

Use of spoken or written language in a social context

Answer 8

Discourse

Question 9

The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing with figures of speech

Answer 9

Rhetoric

Question 10

Use of words in a way to convey meaning or persuade. Also can be used to evoke emotions.

Answer 10

Rhetorical devices

Question 11

Way of presenting a subject through writing or speech (cause/effect, compare/contrast)

Answer 11

Rhetorical modes

Question 12

The study of meaning. Focuses on what things really mean

Answer 12

Semantics

Question 13

The way of writing for a specific context. Word choice contributes to this

Answer 13

Style

Question 14

The “claim” of the paper. Shows side speaker is arguing for

Answer 14

Thesis

Question 15

Associated or secondary meaning of a word

Answer 15

Connotation

Question 16

Dictionary definition of a word

Answer 16

Denotation

Question 17

The words used in writings

Answer 17

Diction

Question 18

Used to omit words in a quote

Answer 18

Ellipsis (…)

Question 19

Use of ambiguous language to conceal truth or avoid committing ones self

Answer 19

Equivocation

Question 20

Polite expression of words that might otherwise sound harsh

Answer 20

Euphemisms

Question 21

Exaggeration or overstatement

Answer 21

Hyperbole

Question 22

Act of placing words close together side by side, especially for comparison or contrast

Answer 22

Juxtaposition

Question 23

Use of the wrong word for a similar-sounding one. Often funny

Answer 23

Malapropism

Question 24

Atmosphere of a piece of writing. Emotions a selection arouses within a reader

Answer 24

Mood

Question 25

Conclusion statement that doesn't flow from original argument or statement

Answer 25

Non sequitur

Question 26

Overly smart, too formal

Answer 26

Pedantic

Question 27

Argument intended to affirm a side by attacking the other

Answer 27

Polemic

Question 28

A cutting, often ironic, remark intended to wound.

Answer 28

Sarcasm

Question 29

Arrangement of words and phrases into a well-formed sentence in a language

Answer 29

Syntax

Question 30

The way the author express his attitude toward a subject in his wiring.

Answer 30

Tone

Question 31

The presentation of something being smaller than what it actually is

Answer 31

Understatement

Question 32

The distinct personality, style, or point of view of a piece of writing

Answer 32

Voice

Question 33

A story that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one

Answer 33

Allegory

Question 34

2 or more stressed syllables with the same letter or sound

Answer 34

Alliteration

Question 35

A reference to something, someone, some event, or to something in the Bible, literature, or any phase of culture

Answer 35

Allusion

Question 36

The comparison of 2 pairs that have the same relationship

Answer 36

Analogy

Question 37

A short story used to amuse people or teach a lesson

Answer 37

Anecdote

Question 38

An expression, often sarcastic, that exposes absurdity

Answer 38

Irony

Question 39

A comparison of 2 unlike things without using like or as

Answer 39

Metaphors

Question 40

A recurring symbol that takes on a figurative meaning

Answer 40

Motif

Question 41

A contradiction in terms

Answer 41

Oxymoron

Question 42

Reveals a kind of truth that at first seems contradictory

Answer 42

Paradox

Question 43

Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses

Answer 43

Parallel syntax (parallelism)

Question 44

Use of informal words or slang in a piece of writing

Answer 44

Colloquialism

Question 45

A humorous exaggerated imitation

Answer 45

Parody

Question 46

A joke exploiting the different meaning of a word or phrase.

Answer 46

Pun

Question 47

Literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness, often with the intent of correcting or changing the subject

Answer 47

Satire

Question 48

Non-literally imaginative substitutions. Uses like or as

Answer 48

Simile

Question 49

Speaker's qualifications or authority

Answer 49

Ethos

Question 50

A remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, which has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful

Answer 50

Platitude

Question 51

Words or phrases that provide a connection between ideas, sentences, and paragraphs. Help a piece of writing flow

Answer 51

Transition