Grammar

Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative, Exclamatory, Cumulative

exigence, audience, writer, purpose, context, message

a word or phrase that connects two independent clauses or sentences showing a relationship like contrast or cause&effect

In literature, the perspective from which a story is told

The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences.

the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity

An important aspect of the Rhetorical Situation—It stresses what we are going to do with the Exigence

To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented.

involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something.

form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite

author’s attitude towards the subject matter, audience, or characters, conveyed through their writing style

characterized by not having or containing a direct object

This term describes traditions for each genre—these conventions help to define each genre

ethos pathos logos

indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance

pronouns that refer to unspecified or non-specific people, places, things, or quantities

a group of words consisting of a noun or pronoun and a participle, often including modifiers

an adjective that is formed from a verb and looks and functions like a participle

this term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively.

figure of speech where a part of something is used to represent the whole or, occasionally a part

when the exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences

there are two categories of Rhetorical Modes, primary and secondary.

describes a quality or state that is complete, without degrees, and cannot be compared or intensified

A word or phrase that links different ideas. Used especially in expository and argumentative writing

the sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author’s opinion, purpose, meaning, or position

A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.

word group contains both a subject and a verb, but the subordinate clause cannot stand alone

group of words that includes a participle and any modifiers or objects that the participle needs to make sense

conjunction that connects words, phrases, and clauses that are coordinate, or equal to each other

a word that connects words, phrases, or clauses, showing a relationship between them

figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it

sentence in which the independent clause comes first, then dependent grammatical units (phrases and clauses)

The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant

The word or clause that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes, the subject of the sentence

work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule

Making a generalization based on specific evidence at hand.

Simple, Complex, Compound, Compound-Complex

anything that represents itself and stands for something else.

evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other devices