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• Argumentative Essay attempts to change the readers' perception and persuade them to accept a new behavior or to take an action (2 sides)
• Hook - one statement(attention) grabber to catch the attention of the readers to continue reading the essay
• Background Information - fact/s that will educate the readers about the topic to be discussed
• Thesis Statement - is the main idea of the essay and introduces your reasons
• Reasons - these are the justifications for the writer's standpoint on a topic
• Informative Essay the facts, insight, knowledge, and ideas relayed. There is no attempt to sway others on your point of view
• Persuasive Essay "Why I am right?" It is to convince others to support your own view of the situation. You say what you are standing "for"
• Argumentative Essay "Why you are wrong?" you attempt to clearly and concisely present arguments against whatever the topic of conversation is. You say what your are standing "against"
• Demonstrative Pronoun point out a noun. Commonly used are (that, these, this, those)
• Interrogative Pronoun is used in a question, it helps to ask about something. (what, which, who, whom, whatever, whichever, whoever, whomever)
• Indefinite Pronoun refers to a general person or a thing like how many are they. (all, any, both, each, everyone, few, many, neither, none, nothing, several, some, somebody)
• Relative Pronoun introduces a clause, or a part of a sentence that describes a noun (that, which, who, whom)
• Pathos persuasion by stirring emotions, hopes, dreams, and desires. Author's emotions will be stated and its clauses will be elaborated
• Logos persuasion using logic, reasoning, and evidence. Statistics, data, and research can be used to prove a point
• Ethos persuasion by building trust and credibility
• Jack London or John Griffin Chane is the Author of The Story of Keesh
• The Story of Keesh was published on January 1904.
• Context - It is the data that helps to make sense of a literary text's message. In this element, genre is important to determine the particular type or category of literature such as Science, Fictions, Fantasy, Adventure, etc.
• Author's Intention - It is the written motive or intention. An author's purpose is his reason for or intent in writing (to persuade, inform, entertain or inspire the readers)
• To Persuade - is an author's purpose wherein he is writing well enough to encourage everyone to change his mind about a really important problem (found in advertisements, newspaper editorials, and campaign speech
• To Entertain and To Inspire - are author's purposes wherein his writing gives pleasures, enjoyment as well touch the reader's imagination
• Reaction - it shows your agreement or disagreement, approval or disapproval of the elemtns used in it
• To Inform - is an author's purpose wherein he includes information or data that is useful, valuable or important
• Literary Devices - are tools used y authors to create an impact on their writing, to help readers understand their writing at a deeper level (metaphor, simile, hyperbole, onomatopoeia)
• Metaphor - is used by the author to compare one thing to another and is described in non-lateral terms (without like or as)
• Simile - to compare an object, concept, character, behavior, etc using "like" or "as"
• Hyperbole - an exaggerated or excessive statement that is not intended by the reader to be taken literally
• Onomatopoeia - a word or group of words that represents a sound and imitates or implies the sound it makes for dramatic, realistic, or poetic effects
• Tone is the feeling of the writer expressed in his/her writing. It also defines the overall writing.
• Mood is about the feeling of the reader towards a piece of writing. It is how a piece of writing made the reader feel the reading process
• Critique is a genre of academic writing that briefly summarizes and critically evaluates a work piece to review or examine something
• Creative works - novels, exhibits, film, images, poetry
• Research - monographs, journal articles, systematic reviews, theories
• Fiction - characters, problems, settings, solutions
• Non Fiction - main topic, facts, details, ideas
• Alberto S. Florentino - a Filipino playwright and book publisher. One of he's work are The World Is An Apple
• Structuralist/Formalist - character, setting, plot
• The Proponent of Structuralist is Ferdinand de Saussure, he is father of Structuralism whose ideas are structure in language has laid the foundation the progress of the linguistic sciences
• Moralist - lesson
• Plato is the Proponent of Moralist