Rhetoric Vocabulary

Diction is the literary term that means

• The connections we have with words

• An author's choice of words

• The definition of words

• The common way of speaking with friends

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

logic, reasoning

• exposition
• tone
• logos
• ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

rhetorical appeal concerned with how to reach an audience emotionally

• pathos
• ethos
• tone
• syntax

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

the construction of sentences; the arrangement of words in sentences

• voice
• connotation
• logos
• syntax

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

author's attitude toward a subject

• exposition
• tone
• connotation
• voice

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a writer's distinctive use of langauge

• syntax
• denotation
• voice
• loose sentece

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

True or False:The following is an example of a sentence with parallelism “The shape of the rock, and how big it was, and its color reminded me of a small elephant.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses

• modifier
• parallelism
• antecedent
• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas usually in parallel structure

• parallelism
• antithesis
• modifier
• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Crafting sentences with items placed in comparable grammatical structures

• antecedent
• anaphora
• modifier
• parallelism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5