Writing Vocabulary

How the writing comes across to the reader

A form of expression

Using a famous person to persuade 

The words used by the author to explain he/she' strut self

A strong statement of opinion to start a paper

Using descriptive details to describe something instead of stating something

A story about yourself

A thought, plan, or suggestion about what to do

A spoken or written account of connected events

Information that helps the main idea

An essay to show opinion

An indirect reference to something famous

 The common rules of spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization and paragraphing 

Topic sentence, supporting details, concluding sentence

Introduction, grabber, thesis, body paragraphs, topic sentences, supporting details, conclusion

A piece of writing you use to explain something

Using strong words to show emotion

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

Links someone to a negative symbol

The opposing force in an essay

Giving human like traits to something non human

An essay used to persuade something to do something

Putting the different parts of something in a certain order so that they can be found easily

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning or closely connected words 

Inciting force, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

The comparison of two objects using like or as

A play on word

How long and short sentences come together

The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines in a poem or verse

Exaggerated statements not to be taken literally

A comparison of two things not using like or as

Where it says everyone is doing it

A thing that represents or stands for something else

The action of repeating something that has already been said or written