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English 11 Compostion Terms

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the voice of a verb describes the relationship between the action that the verb expresses and the participants identified by its arguments

wen the subject is the agent or doer of the action

when the subject is the patient, target or under-goer of the action

Emotional Appeal (Pathos)

an appeal to pathos causes an audience not just to respond emotionally, but to identify with the writer's point of view

the overall structure or shape of a work, which frequently follows an established design

the central idea of an essay

Thesis Statement

a short passage summarizing the fundamental argument of an essay or report

it demands the thoughts, feelings, ideas, and personal input of the writer

Argumentative Essay

an essay that tries to prove a point by supporting it with evidence

Persuasive Essay

used to convince the reader of a writer's argument(s) relating to a debate issue

is written mainly for enjoyment

employs sophisticated vocabulary and is written in the third person without the usage of personal pronouns

Expository Essay

involves a specific type of writting, the purpose of which is to inform, explain, describe, or define the author's subject to reader

Descriptive Essay

the purpose is to describe a person, place, or thing in such vivid detail that the reader can easily form a precise mental picture

a writer's choice of words, phrases, sentence structure, and figurative language, which combine to help create meaning

Formal Language

consists of a dignified, impersonal, and elevated use of language

considered to be characteristic of or only appropriate for casual, ordinary, familliar, or informal converstaion

when a person writes something, he or she has purposes for writing

means giving two or more parts of the sentence a similar form so as to give the whole a deinite pattern

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