1. ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS NON-FICTION & ESSAYS Terms

2. Persuasive Essay  The emphasis is on proving a thesis

3. Literary Essay  Different ways of writing about literature

4. Personal Essay  Seeing the world through particular temperament

5. Expository Essay  Different techniques for enlivening information. An essay on providing information (i.e. an essay on penguins)

6. Biography  The story of a person’s life as told by another

7. Autobiography  Concerning the writer’s own life

8. Diction  An element of style which indicates the type of words used

9. Sentence Structure  The awareness of how the essayist put words together

10. Metaphor  A direct comparison between two unlikely things without using words such as “like” or “as”

11. Simile  A comparison between two unlikely things using the words “like” or “as”

12. Hyperbole  The use of exaggeration to create a serious or humorous effect

13. Personification  The ascribing of human qualities to things that are not human

14. Allusion  A reference to someone or something with which the writer assumes readers will be familiar

15. Implied Thesis  A thesis that is never explicitly stated (it’s left up to the reader to infer)

16. Parallelism  The juxtaposing of sentences or parts of sentences of exactly the same length, structure, and weight so as to achieve a sense of balance.

17. Style (essay)  A writer’s way of using language

18. Thesis Statement  A statement explicitly expressing the main idea of an essay

19. Rhetorical Question  A question asked for effect and which does not expect an answer.

20. Feminism  The doctrine advocating social and political rights for women equal to those of men

21. Transition Words  A word or phrase used to link ideas

22. Satire  The ridiculing of human vices or stupidities with a view to effecting change (or a work of literature that does this sort of ridiculing)

23. Monologue  A speech spoken by one

24. Improvisation  To perform or provide without previous preparation

25. Colloquial Language  A familiar, conversational expression

26. Tribute  A gift, testimonial, compliment, or the like given as due or in acknowledgement of gratitude

27. Implicit  Suggested, not stated.

28. Explicit  Fully and clearly expressed.

29. Bias  A prejudice, a narrow subjective perspective.

30. Eulogy  A speech that praises a person, usually soon after the subject’s death

31. Tone  The attitude of a speaker or writer toward a subject or audience reflected in choice of words and emphasis

32. Loose Sentence  A loose sentence makes complete sense if brought to a close at one or more points before the end. It follows the usual subject – verb – object pattern.  i.e. “We reached Montreal that night // after a rough flight // and some hair-raising experiences.”  (it gets better as you add sections…)

33. Periodic Sentence  A periodic sentence makes complete sense only when one reaches the end (or the period). You can’t stop reading until the end of the sentence.  i.e. “That night, after a rough flight, and some hair- raising experiences, we reached Montreal.”

34. Balanced Sentence  A balanced sentence has two parts that are similar in form and grammatically balance one another.  i.e. “Not that I loved Caesar less, // but that I loved Rome more.”

35. Parallel Structure  parallel structure is found when two or more parts of a sentence follow the same grammatical construction.  i.e. “With malice toward none, // with charity for all, // with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, // let us strive to finish the work we are in…”

36.  Images obtained through “google images” via public domain