Semester 2 Review

Closely connected to the matter at hand( for example, evidence supporting a claim)

A short essay in which it expresses an opinion or takes a stand against an issue

A genre of literature that is intended to be preformed before an audience;a play

Facts, statistics, examples

Quotations, summaries, or paraphrases from text passages to support a position

The use of emotional, ethnical, and logical arguements to persuade in writing or speaking

The ending of a paragraph or essay, which brings it to a close

Giving credit to the authors of source information

THe authors side of an Arguement

Theme,message ,or purpose of a literary work

Adequate for a purpose of supporting a claim or reason

In argumentative writing, the authors view of a topics( postindustrial or negative)

A purposeful arrangement of characters frozen as if in a painting or a photograph

To indicate it suggest without being explicitly stated

A style of writing or speaking that is appropriate for formal communication like academics

A consistent pattern of end rhyme throughout a poem

The points that explain why the author is making a certain claim

The speed at which a speaker delivers words

Public debate or dispute concerning a matter of opinion

A rhetorical appeal to reason or logic through statistics, facts, and reasonable examples

a logical guess or conclusion based on observations, prior experience, or textual evidence

The central idea, messages, or purpose of a literary work

Reading aloud a literary text with expression

The process of locating information from a variety of sources

Write notes to explain or present ideas that help you analyze and understand a text

A group of lines, usually similiar in length or pattern, that form a unit within a poem

Taking and using as your own the words and ideas of others

The authors choice of presenting a topic in an objective(persuasive), or neutral(informational)

A writers statement of a position or opinion on a topic

A light, humorous, nonsensical verse of a few lines, usually with a rhyme scheme of a-a-b-b-a

To be trusted or believed

Two or more items that have the same/different characteristics

A change in pitch or tone of voice

To persuade in writing or speaking

A rhetorical appeal to the readers sense of emotions through connotative lanuguage and imagery

To briefly restate the main ideas of a piece of writing

A kind of poetry that does not follow any regular pattern,rhythm, or rhyme scheme

A writers or speakers attitude toward a subject

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words that are close together