1. Review for Exam

2. Sentence Patterns
Prompt: Write a descriptive narrative of a person’s encounter with nature.
For each sentence pattern and variation, write two sentences that pertain to the writing prompt.

3. Rhetorical Terms & Glossary

4. Rhetorical Terms
A figure of speech composed of contradictory words

5. oxymoron

6. Latin for “it does not follow
Latin for “it does not follow.” When one statement isn’t logically connected to another

7. Non-sequitur

8. Arranging words, phrases, clauses, or larger structures by placing them side by side and making them similar in form.

9. parallelism

10. The aspects of literary work that elicit sorrow or pity from the audience.

11. pathos

12. Main theme or subject of a work that is elaborated on in the development of the piece; a repeated pattern or idea.

13. motif

14. Latin for “to reduce to the absurd
Latin for “to reduce to the absurd.” This technique creates a comic effect.

15. Reductio ad absurdum

16. A word or phrase that links one idea to the next and carries the reader from sentence to sentence or from paragraph to paragraph

17. transition

18. Sentence consisting of three parts of equal importance and length, usually three independent clauses

19. tricolon

20. The characteristic emotion or attitude of an author toward the characters, subject, and audience

21. tone

22. A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of human behavior by portraying it in an extreme way. This type of work targets groups or large concepts rather than individuals.

23. Satire

24. Time and place of a literary work

25. Setting

26. Commas used with no conjunctions to separate a series of words.

27. asyndeton

28. Harsh, awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately

29. cacophony

30. The special language of a profession or group.

31. jargon

32. Language that contains figures of speech, such as similes and metaphors, in order to create associations that are imaginative rather than literal

33. Figurative language

34. The presentation of two contrasting images
The presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by words, phrases, clauses or paragraphs

35. antithesis

36. Repetition of vowel sounds between different consonants

37. assonance

38. A verbally abusive attack

39. invective

40. A mistake in reasoning

41. Logical fallacy

42. Used to describe writing that borders on lecturing
Used to describe writing that borders on lecturing. It is scholarly and academic and often overly difficult and distant

43. pedantic

44. The grammatical structure of a sentence; the arrangement of words in a sentence. It includes length of sentences and kinds of sentences

45. syntax

46. Refers to two different areas of writing: one refers to the relationship between a sentence’s subject and verb and the second refers to the total “sound” of a writer’s style

47. voice

48. A short, simple narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effect or to make a point

49. anecdote