an appeal based on the character/reputation/ credibility of the speaker.
ethos
The teams competed in a David and Goliath struggle.
alliteration
summary produced without bias or opinion using textual evidence
objective summary
Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things, (examples are metaphor, simile, and personification).
figurative language
I tried something that my mom made for dinner. It was so awful that before I realized what I was doing, I expectorated it. My mom was furious with me.
The word expectorated as used in the above sentence probably means:
spit it out
a long speech in which a character who is usually alone onstage expresses his or her private thoughts or feelings
soliloquy
beginning of a story which tells characters & setting
exposition
the structure required for expressing two or more grammatical elements of equal rank
parallel structure
hyperbole
extreme exaggeration
"Their hair was golden as the sun; their hair flew in the wind, shining and wild, as if it defied men to restrain it."
What does the quote show?
simile
His eyes were daggers that cut right through me.
metaphor
dictionary definition of a word
denotation
appeal to emotion
pathos
Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better.
After you've tried to say this three times fast, what literary term is this an example of (twice even)?
alliteration
an appeal based on logic or reason
logos
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