Unit 2 Vocabulary - "Hope, Despair, and Memory"

the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery; massacre

uncertainly; not definitely or positively; hesitantly

effective or persuasive speaking or writing,achieved through the use of devices and strategies

showing great enthusiasm for or interest in

appeal to ethics; a means of convincing someone of thecharacter or credibility of the persuader

courtesy;politeness

to remove weapons and military forces from an area

emotions and associations connected to a word/phrase/idea

occurring or appearing again, especially repeatedly or periodically

an appeal to logic; a way of persuading an audience byreason

the perspective or attitude that the author adopts 

appeal to emotion; way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating emotional response

refers to the use of indicative word or phrases & hintsthat set the stage for a story to unfold

reason/ intent for writing something

shows or illustrates by example

to make (soldiers, an army, etc.) ready for war

settling judicially

all human beings collectively; humankind

symbols to represent ideas or qualities; symbolic meaning attributed tonatural objects or facts

style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words 

unifying element of the story, which ties together all ofthe other elements used by the author

detailed examination of the elements or structure ofsomething

a statement or phrase not intended to be understoodliterally

refers to the actual way in which words andsentences are placed together in the writing