Para 3

• Third Body Paragraph: Style (Author's Craft)


  How is the piece ordered e.g. compare/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution, analogies, narrative, description, etc? What rhetorical tropes and schemes are used such as extended metaphor, hyperbole, anecdotes, examples, antithesis, anaphora, litotes, analogy, symbolism, irony, paradox, rhetorical questions, etc? How would you describe the word choice and its effect to convey the message?
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  Analogical Evidence:

  1. How does the author compare two things that are similar in order to show the reader parallels and make a point to support his/her argument? What is persuasive or enlightening about using analogies to support an argument?
  2. How can the use of an analogy draw an insightful connection between a well known phenomenon to a less known phenomenon?
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  Anecdotal Evidence:

  1. How does the author use anecdotes to tell a story in order to prove a point?
  2. How does the author’s storytelling of anecdotes coupled with statistical or testimonial effective help build an argument?
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  Observations:

  1. How does the author use his or her own observations to form conclusions and support his/her argument?
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  Statistics:

  1. How does the author use numbers and percentages from verified sources to support his claim using reasoning? How do these statistics lend credibility to his/her argument?
  2. Are the statistics being dramatized or manipulated for a specific effect?
  3. How valid are the statistics in supporting the argument?
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  Quotes or testimonials:

  1. How does the author use quotes from leading experts and authorities in order to support his/her position?
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  Facts:

  1. Are there facts that can't be disputed and can be accepted as true? How do these facts help support the argument?
• Organizational strategies for analyzing an author's style in a non-literary text


  • Exemplification
  • Illustration
  • Description
  • Narration
  • Cause/effect
  • Compare/contrast
  • Process
  • Problem/Solution
  • Classification
  • Extended definition
• Exemplification


  Specific examples, brief
• Illustration


  Examples in more detail
• Description


  Concrete, sensory diction
• Narration


  Use of stories e.g. anecdotes
• Cause/effect


  Clear reason/result
• Process


  How to do something
• Problem/Solution


  Describes a problem and its implications and then provides a solution
• Classification


  How something is classified e.g. science
• Extended definition


  How to define an abstract concept e.g. patriotism, democracy, love, faith, etc.
• Rhetorical Tropes


  • Allusion
  • Analogy
  • Rhetorical question
  • Epithet
  • Euphemism
  • Litotes
  • Hyperbole
  • Irony
  • Juxtaposition
  • Metaphor
  • Pastiche
  • Parody
  • Personification
  • Negation
• Allusion


  Historical, literary, pop cultural metaphorical reference
• Rhetorical question


  Asking ? for effect
• Epithet


  Adjectives or nouns used to describe another noun, accentuates a dominant characteristic for effect
• Euphemism


  Softer word instead of a harsh one
• Litotes


  Understatement, form of irony
• Hyperbole


  Exaggeration, form of irony
• Irony


  Situation is not expected. Verbal irony occurs when someone says something that is exaggerated or understated for an effect
• Juxtaposition


  Contrasting ideas next to each other
• Metaphor


  Direct/implied comparison between two things
• Pastiche


  Imitates the author's style in a respectful way by changing an aspect of the story: point of view, ending, change protagonist from male to female, setting, etc. You also could imitate the author's style and language with a new topic.
• Parody


  An imitation of the style of a writer or artist with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect or ridicule
• Personification


  Metaphor giving human qualities to nonhuman entity
• Negation


  Using negative constructions to emphasize a point
• Motif


  recurring element which contributes to theme/purpose
• Allegory


  story in which people, events , or things often have symbolic meaning
• Paradox


  Something that seems contradictory but is actually true
• Parenthetical Asides (authorial intrusion)


  Author interjects with her/his opinions to add humor or ridicule with dashes or with parenthesis
• Repetition


  Words, sounds, or ideas used more than once to enhance the rhythm, or create emphasis
• Parallelism


  Similar constructions help audience to compare/contrast parallel subjects or to emphasize a point. Writers will use similar phrases and clauses to balance a sentence
• Antithesis


  Two opposing ideas presented in a parallel manner; the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas through syntax
• Antithesis


  • "She is my happiness!—she is my torture, none the less!"
• Anaphora


  The regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses