Rhetorical Analysis and General Academic Vocabulary

Unit 4: Hamlet: Analyzing (and Creating) Shakespearean Drama and Performance
Elizabethan Drama (also called English Renaissance Drama or Early Modern Drama)
2nd Quarto and 1st Folio
Inverted sentence and periodic sentence
Soliloquy
Monologue
Aside
Iambic Pentameter
Blank Verse
Rhyming Couplet
Prose 
Motif
Pun (including double entendre)
Foil
Allusion
Acting: Objective/Purpose, Obstacle, Action, Subtext, Adjustment
 
Unit 3: Writing and Analyzing Satire

Subject Specific Vocabulary about satire

burlesque

euphemism

farce

hyperbole

incongruity/absurdity

inversion/reversal (paralipsis/apophasis)

invective

irony

oxymoron

paradox

parody

pun

sarcasm

satire (Juvenalian/Horatian)
travesty

understatement (litotes/meiosis) 

Adjectives to describe satirical/humorous/ironic/sarcastic tones

Amused

Caustic

Condescending

Contemptuous

Cynical

Disdainful

Droll

Facetious

Flippant

Insolent

Ironic

Irreverent

Malicious

Misanthropic

Misandristic

Misogynistic

Mock-heroic

Mock-serious

Patronizing

Pompous

Ribald

Ridiculing

Sarcastic

Sardonic

Satiric

Scornful

Whimsical

Wry

Unit 2
SUBJECT SPECIFIC VOCABULARY ABOUT PERSONAL NARRATIVES
narrative
memoir
personal essay
memoir-essay / personal experience essay
anecdote
vignette

narration
point of view
voice

conflict
plot
flashback
foreshadowing

character
(direct/indirect) characterization

setting 
milieu

description
(literal/sensory or figurative) imagery

theme
reflection

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GENERAL ACADEMIC VOCABULARY USED TO DISCUSS PERSONAL ESSAYS

nuance
subtlety

epitomize (epitome)
embody
illustrate
demonstrate
imply
suggest
evoke

Unit 1: Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis
(Use notes and any other relevant resource to define and provide examples of these terms.)

Subject specific vocabulary (and an acronym) about discourse

analysis
argument (including logos, pathos, ethos)
description
discourse
exposition
juxtaposition (juxtapose)
narration
rhetoric
rhetorical analysis
SOAPSToneS
synthesis

Subject specific vocabulary about sentences

Antithesis (re: sentences)
Complex Sentence
Compound Sentence
Dependent clause
Independent clause
Inverted sentence
Periodic sentence
Syntax

Subject specific vocabulary about vocabulary

Colloquial (colloquialism)
Connotation
Denotation
Diction
Etymology (word origin)
Formality scale
Jargon
Portmanteau
Register
Vernacular