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APSTYLEANDRHETORICALAPPEALSGRAPHICORGANIZER

Usethischartwithyour“APStyleandRhetoricalAppeals“TermstoKnow.”When>illinginyourchart,alwaysremembertowriteatopicsentence,asentencethatstatesyour>inding/claim,asentencethatsupportsit(i.e.,aquoteor

speci>icexamplefromthetext),aswellasasentencethattiesandconnectsyourclaimandyourquote/exampletogether.

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THESIS

Thesentenceorgroupofsentencesthatdirectlyexpressestheauthor’sopinion,purpose,meaning,orproposition.

STRUCTURE

This9lexibletermdescribesthevariety,theconventions,andthepurposesofthemajorkindsofwriting.

•OverallStructureofEssay•Length/OrderofParagraphsTypesofWriting(RhetoricalModes)•Description•Narrative•Persuasion•Exposition(Example,DeCinitionClassiCication/Division,ProcessAnalysis,Compare/Contrast,Cause/Effect)

SYNTAX

Syntaxreferstothearrangementofwordswithinaphrase,clause,orsentence.Type/LengthofSentence:segregating,freight‐train,parataxis,triadic,cumulative,parallelism,balanced,loose,periodic,convoluted,centered,fragment•Active/PassiveVoice•Antithesis•Aphorism•Chiasmus•Juxtaposition•PunctuationUse•Repetition/Alliteration

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DICTION

Dictionreferstoawriter'swordchoice:•Abstract/Concrete•Ambiguity•Colloquial/Slang/Pretensions•Clichés/Euphemism/Jargon•Denotation/Connotationofaword•Formalv.Informal/LevelsofUsage•Hyperbole•Idiom•Onomatopoeia•Toneofaword(emotionalchargeofword)

FIGURATIVELANGUAGE Figurativelanguageseekstoclarifyandaccentuatemeaningby

referencingawordorphraseintermsofsomethingfamiliartotheaudience,usuallytoachievespecialmeaningoreffect:Similes,Metaphors,PersoniCication,Allusion,Irony,Overstatement/Understatement,Puns,Imagery,Allegory,Analogy,Apostrophe,Conceit,ExtendedMetaphor,Metonymy,Oxymoron,Paradox,SymbolismWhichoneswereused?Provideexamplesfromthetext

RHETORICALAPPEALS

Thepersuasivedevicebywhichawritertriestoswaytheaudience’sattentionandresponsetoanygivenwork.•Ethos‐Establishescredibilityofspeaker.•Logos‐Employslogicalreasoningandclearexamples.•Pathos‐Playsonreader’semotionsandinterests.