Writing - Language Terms--General and Language/Rhetoric

AREAS of EXPLORATION CONCEPTS FIELDS OF INQUIRY

Readers, Writers, Texts Representation Culture culture, identity, community
Time and Space Identity Communication beliefs, values, education
Intertextuality Perspective Creativity politics, power, justice
Transformation art, creativity, imagination
science, technology, natural world

DICTION/LANGUAGE SYNTAX FIGURES OF SPEECH/FIG. LANG.

Abstract (word) Active voice Allusion

Ambiguous/Ambiguity Anadiplosis Analogy
Aphorism Antecedent Anaphora
Archaic (language)/archaism Antithesis Anthropomorphism
Argot Asyndeton Antimetabole/Chiasmus
Cliché Balanced sentence Apostrophe
Colloquial/Slang Subordinate/dependent clause Conceit
● solecism Main/independent clause Eponym
● malapropism Fragment Euphemism
Concrete (word) Hypophora Hyperbole
Connotation Interrupted sentence Idiom
Deixis/deictic Loose/Cumulative sentence Imagery:
Denotation Parallel construction (simple/complex) ● Visual (see)
Dialect Passive voice ● Auditory (hear)
Diatribe Periodic sentence ● Tactile (touch)
Diction Phrase ● Olfactory (smell)
Ellipsis Polysyndeton ● Gustatory (taste)
Emphasis Sentence Functions: Verbal Irony
Epigram ● Declarative sentence Litotes
Epithet ● Interrogative sentence Metaphor
Euphemism ● Imperative sentence Metonymy
Figurative ● Exclamatory sentence Oxymoron
Formal Sentence Lengths: Paradox
Genderlect ● Telegraphic, short, medium, long Periphrasis/Circumlocution
Idiolect Sentence Types: Personification
Informal ● Simple sentence Pun
Invective ● Compound sentence Rhetorical Question
Jargon ● Complex sentence Sarcasm
Langue ● Compound-complex sentence Scheme
Literal Transitions Simile
Lexicon Synecdoche
Lexis / Lexical cohesion / Lexical fields Synesthesia
Linguistics/philology Trope
Modality Understatement/Meiosis
Monosyllabic (word) Zeugma
Multivocal Zoomorphism
Neologism
Nonstandard
Parole (pah-RO-lay)
Polysyllabic (word)
Prose
Register
Semantics
Sociolect
Tautology
Vernacular
 IB TEXT TYPES ARGUMENT/PERSUASION LOGICAL FALLACIES
Advertisement (print/moving/online) Aristotelian Appeals: False dilemma (either/or)
Appeal ● Ethos Equivocation
Biography ● Pathos Begging the Question
Blog Red Herring
● Logos
Brochure/leaflet Non Sequitur
Assertion/Thesis/Claim
Cartoon Ad Hominem (abusive & circumstantial)
Chart Analogy
Syllogism Ad Hominem Tu Quoque
Database
Enthymeme Appeal to Questionable Authority
Diagram
Appeal to Pity (ad misericordiam)
Diary Deductive reasoning
Appeal to Ignorance
Editorial (newspaper or magazine) Inductive reasoning
Electronic texts Appeal to Tradition
Premise
Email Appeal to Prejudice
Conclusion Appeal to Force
Encyclopedia entry Inference
Essay False Analogy/Weak Analogy
Counterargument Attributing Guilt by Association
Film/television (visual with script)
Guide book Rebuttal Bandwagon (ad populum)
Infographic Charged words/loaded terms Division
Interview Rogerian Arrangement Composition
Letter (formal) Classical Arrangement Gambler’s Fallacy
Letter (informal) Toulmin Arrangement Hasty Generalization
Letter to the editor Grounds Jumping to Conclusions
Magazine article Warrant Straw Man
Manifesto Backing Post hoc ergo propter hoc
Memoir Sliding Down a Slippery Slope
Qualification
Opinion column (newspaper or magazine) Poisoning the Well
Parody Propaganda
Bias Oversimplification (dicto simpliciter)
Pastiche
Hypothesis Contrary to Fact
Photographs
Contradictory Premises
Radio broadcast (transcript)
Report
Biased Sample Fallacy
Screenplay Broken Window Fallacy
Set of instructions Genetic Fallacy
Social media post/thread Statistical Fallacy
Speech Fallacies of Persuasion:
Textbook ● Misrepresentation
Travel writing ● Loaded Terms
Website (company, campaign, college/uni) ● Bogus Claims

ORG./STRUCTURE/RHET. MODES GENERAL RHETORIC MISCELLANEOUS

Cause and effect Rhetorical Triangle: Allusion

Description ● speaker/writer Anachronism
Classification ● audience Anecdote
Comparison/contrast Archetype
● purpose
Chronological Coherence
● context (of
Order of importance Convention
Argumentative production/reception) Didactic (literature)
Persuasive ● topic/subject Formalism/New Criticism
Expository/Exposition Five canons of rhetoric: Implication/imply
Cause and effect ● invention Inference/infer
Process Analysis ● arrangement/disposition Juxtaposition
Narration ● style Negation
Exemplification/example ● memory Parenthesis
Extended metaphor ● delivery Polemic
Analogy Satire
Definition Sub-text
Spatial Synthesis
Reflective Verisimilitude
Least to most important Emphasis techniques:
Commentary ● Position
Problem/Solution ● Proportion
● Repetition
● Isolation