Week 4 Terms

Question 1

Connotation

Answer 1

Non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. Connotations may involve ideas, emotions, or attitudes.

Question 2

Consonance

Answer 2

Repetition of two or more consonants in close proximity

Question 3

Convention

Answer 3

Accepted manner, model or tradition

Question 4

Context

Answer 4

Entire situation in which a piece of writing takes place, including the writer’s purpose(s); the intended audience; the time and place of writing; the institutional, social, personal, and other influences on a piece of writing; the material conditions of writing; and the writer’s attitude toward the subject and the audience

Question 5

Counter argument

Answer 5

Argument in opposition to another

Question 6

Couplet

Answer 6

Two consecutive lines of poetry that form a unit, often emphasized by rhythm or rhyme

Question 7

Credibility

Answer 7

An impression of integrity, honesty, and trustworthiness conveyed by a writer in an argument

Question 8

Critique

Answer 8

Detailed analysis or assessment of something

Question 9

Cumulative sentence

Answer 9

• Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and add on
• Ex: “But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course – both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind’s final war” –John F. Kennedy

Question 10

Deductive reasoning

Answer 10

Argument in which specific statements / conclusions are drawn from general principles

Question 11

Denotation

Answer 11

• Strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color
• Example: the denotation of a knife would be a utensil used to cut; the connotation of a knife might be fear, violence, anger, foreboding, etc.

Question 12

Deus ex machina

Answer 12

Unexpected power or event saving a hopeless situation

Question 13

Dialect

Answer 13

Way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or group of people

Question 14

Diction

Answer 14

Specific word choice to persuade or convey tone (purpose, tone, point of view, etc. are all affected by diction)

Question 15

Exposition discourse

Answer 15

Explain and analyze information by presenting an idea

Question 16

Argument discourse

Answer 16

Prove validity of an idea

Question 17

Description discourse

Answer 17

Recreate, invent or visually present a person, place, event or action to help a reader understand something

Question 18

Narration discourse

Answer 18

Tells about an event, story, experience, etc.

Question 19

Didactic

Answer 19

-Didactic words have the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles
–From the Greek, didactic literally means “teaching”

Question 20

Digression

Answer 20

Message that departs from the main subject

Question 21

Discourse

Answer 21

Discussion on a specific topic

Question 22

Conviction

Answer 22

Belief that a claim or course of action is true or reasonable. In a proposal argument, a writer must move an audience beyond conviction to action