Writing Terms 2

Question 0

Narration

Answer 0

• Telling a story. Does not stand on its own as a rhetorical strategy.
• Used conjunction with analysis/example or illustration

Question 1

Imagery

Answer 1

Language that evokes one or all of the five sense: seeing, hearing, tastings smelling, touching

Question 2

Description

Answer 2

• Involves an objective, detailed account

- Used in conjunction with analysis

Question 3

Comparison

Answer 3

• Discussion of similarities/differences between two or more objects/ideas.
• Goal is for evaluation

Question 4

Argumentation

Answer 4

-Coherent development of writer’s own argument (articulates/develops own opinion)

Question 5

Illustration and Example

Answer 5

• Used in conjunction with analysis or argumentation
• Illustrations support argument, justify analysis
• Examples are specific cases/stories that make general statement more believable

Question 6

Analysis

Answer 6

• Involves dividing a topic, problem, object of study into component parts to see how it functions
• Explains how parts fit together and why they function

Question 7

Evaluation

Answer 7

Ability to judge merit of one’s claims/assumptions and weight of evidence in their favor

Question 8

Biography/Autobiography

Answer 8

• Narrative focusing on life of particular individual/group

- Writer may use specific this narrative mode

Question 9

Irony

Answer 9

• Specific tones/attitudes that a writer may use in an essay
• Irony: Situation misinterpreted/opposite consequence, use of language to state opposite to make point
• Sarcasm: Verbal irony

Question 10

Humor

Answer 10

-Verbal play/comic circumstances to temper serious subject/establish informal tone

Question 11

Satire

Answer 11

• Attack on human behavior/event for purpose of ridicule
• Juvenalian: Negative and bitter
• Horatian: Playful and humorous