1. Unit 1 Terminology Vocab

2. anaphora
The repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of two or more clauses or lines
Example: For instance, Churchill declared, "We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on the end. We shall fight in France. We shall fight on the seas and oceans. We shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. We shall defend our island, whatever the cost shall be."

3. connotation
The Cultural and emotional overtones attached to a word beyond its literal definition or denotation
A connotation can be positive, negative, or neutral
Examples:
Darkness
Yellow
Red

4. counterclaim A position taken by someone with the opposing viewpoint
Example: Some people say that all schools should have uniforms…

5. denotation
The literal definition of the word (or dictionary definition)
Example:
Darkness
Yellow
red

6. diction
The writer’s choice of words; a stylistic element that helps convey voice and tone
“And the trees all died. They were orange trees. I don’t know why they died, they just died. Something wrong with the soil possibly or maybe the stuff we got from the nursery wasn’t the best. We complained about it. So we’ve got thirty kids there, each kid had his or her own little tree to plant and we’ve got these thirty dead trees. All these kids looking at these little brown sticks, it was depressing.”
The use of words like “died,” “complained,” “wrong,” “dead,” “depressing”” give this passage a gloomy tone.

7. Foreshadowing
The use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest a future action
Example: Music in jaws

8. ethos
(ethical appeal)-a rhetorical appeal that focuses on ethics, or the character or qualifications of the speaker
Example: We would trust lebron James giving an endorsement for sport’s drinks or sport’s shoes, but not on the right laundry detergent or makeup.

9. flashback
An interruption in the sequence of events to relate events that occurred in the past
I am legend, star trek

10. imagery
Descriptive language used to create word pictures; use the five senses

11. inference A conclusion about ideas or information not directly stated
Example: Info: She goes to church every week. She prays every day during the moment of silence. she tries to be kind to everyone.
Inference: ?

12. juxtaposition
The arrangement of two or more things for the purpose of comparison
Example: batman and joker

13. logos
(logical appeal)- a rhetorical appeal that uses factual evidence and logic to appeal to the audience’s sense of reason
Example:

14. narrative
A story about a series of events that includes character development, Plot structure, and Theme. Can be fiction or nonfiction

15. narrator The person telling the story
In hunger games, Katniss Everdeen tells
The story. She is the narrator.

16. pathos
(emotional appeal) a rhetorical appeal to the reader’s senses of emotion
Example:

17. poetry Written in lines or stanzas; often has rhyme or rhythm
Examples:

18. prose
Ordinary written or spoken language, using sentences and paragraphs (without meter, rhyme, poetry, or song)
Example:

19. strategize Planning the actions one will take to complete a task
Example: graphic
Organizer for writing

20. syntax
The arrangement of words and the order of the grammatical elements in a sentence; the way the sentences are put together
Example: yoda has very specific syntax. He puts the verb first.
Yoda says, “help you, I will!”

21. tone
Writer’s or speaker’s attitude towards a subject, character, or audience
Example: the journalist said that the war was a waste of American lives. In addition, it is a drain on our financial resources, and it only distracts us from the real issues we have at home.
What is this journalist’s tone?

22. transcript
A written copy of a conversation that takes place between two or more people
Example: Donald trump presidential
phone calls

23. voice
The way a writer or speaker uses words and tone to express ideas as as well as his/her personality
Example: You don’t know about me, without you have read a book by the name of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” but that ain’t no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth. That is nothing. I never seen anybody but lied, one time or another, without it was Aunty Polly—Tom’s Aunt Polly, she is—and Mary, and the Widow Douglas, is all told about in that book—which is mostly a true book, with some stretchers, as I said before.