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Writing that “tells” or explains rather than “shows.” An example would be, “Romans didn’t consider birth the only way to acquire offspring. They felt free to adopt—adults, that is.”
What is Exposition.
Telling a story or giving an account of an event.
What is narration?
The following sentence is an example of this rhetorical device: “They have ears, but hear not.”
What is a paradox?
When in his autobiography Frederick Douglass explores how he learned to read and write, he is using this pattern for development.
What is process analysis?
“Sit Down!” is an example.
What is an imperative sentence?
The majority is doing it, so it must be correct or true.
What is a Bandwagon Argument?
It means “it does not follow.” This is an argument where the conclusion does not logically follow from the premises.
What is a non-sequitur?
“In silent night when rest I took” is an example of it.
What is inversion?
The following sentence is an example: “By the simple operation of constructing a government on the principles of society and the rights of man, every difficulty retires.”
What is a Complex Sentence? OR What is a Periodic Sentence?
This is an argument based on three parts: a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
What is a syllogism?
For example, “the abandoned house seemed depressed.”
What is personification?
For example, “his voice was a cascade of emotions.”
What is a metaphor?
This is a lengthy comparison between two dissimilar things (lengthy metaphor or lengthy simile) or a comparison between two things that are startlingly dissimilar.
What is a conceit?
For example, “I am no prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be.”
What is allusion?
These are two figures of speech where, in the first, a whole thing is represented by a part of that thing, and, in the second, one thing is represented by something closely related to it.
What is synecdoche and metonymy?
The use of slang in writing, often to create local color or to provide an informal tone.
What is colloquial language?
For example, “and neither the angels in heaven above, / nor the demons down under the sea” from Poe’s poem.
What is consonance?
For example, “And do you now put on your best attire?/ And do you now cull out a holiday?/ And do you now strew flowers in his way/ That comes in triumph over Pompey?”
What is anaphora?
For example, this line from Poe’s poem “Lenore”: “Ah, broken is the golden bowl! The spirit flown forever.”
What is assonance?
“Buzz” and “pop” are examples of this.
What is onomatopoeia?
Respectively, these are the appeal to the reader’s emotions, to the readers sense of logic, and to the readers feeling that the author is credible.
What are the appeals to pathos, logos, and ethos?
For example, “government of the people, by the people, for the people.”
What is parallelism or parallel structure?
In writing, this is any detail that appeals to any of the five senses.
What is imagery?
When considering how diction develops tone, one must consider these (both the dictionary definition of the word as well as any “emotional baggage” a word carries).
What are denotation and connotation?
A complex sentence where the main clause is given first, and then has modifying phrases that pile on it after.
What is a cumulative sentence?