English Articles Revision

• What does form mean in the context of article writing?

  structure
• What is a hyperbole?


  Exaggeration
• What is a reliable source?


  Evidence that is true and accurate
• What are facts?


  Truthful information which has come from a source
• What are statistics?

  Truthful numerical information
• True or False: Quotations from reliable sources means that they are credible.

  True
• What is a rhetorical question?

  A question that is not supposed to be answered
• What is assertion?

  Stating and presenting something as a fact
• What is logos?


  The appeal to reason / logic
• What is ethos?


  The appeal to credibility/authority
• What is an anaphora?

  Repetition at the beginning of consecutive sentences, clauses or phrases
• What is an anecdote?


  A short personal story used to prove a point
• What are quotations from a reliable source?

  Quotes from a relevant person or institution who has knowledge in a certain topic
• What can we use to show LOGOS?


  -> Facts

  -> Statistics
• What can we use to show ETHOS?

  -> Anecdote

  -> Quotations from reliable sources
• What is a discource marker?


  A phrase or word that is used to link and connect arguements / paragraphs
• Why is a discourse marker used?

  To help the reader understand our arguement
• What is a conditional sentence?


  A cause and effect sentence, usually beginning with if, which uses a subordinate clause followed by a main clause
• What are modal verbs?


  Verbs that indicate possibility and certainty. They can be used to express our level of arguement on the reader.
• What is emotive language?

  Language used to create emotion
• What is a list of three?

  Three linked and consecutive words or ideas
• True or false: Assertion is an example of ethos

  False
• True or false: Hyperbole is an example of logos

  False
• What is a similie?


  Where something is compared to something else using like or as