Empoword

Full Citations and Permissions 488 dialogue a communication between two or more people. Can include any mode of communication, including speech, texting, e-mail, Facebook post, body language, etc. direct quote the verbatim use of another author’s words. Can be used as evidence to support your claim, or as language to analyze/close- read to demonstrate an interpretation or insight. diegetic gap from “diegesis,” the temporal distance between a first-person narrator narrating and the same person acting in the plot events. I.e., the space between author-as-author and author-as-character. doubter a posture from which to read; reader makes efforts to challenge, critique, or undermine the text they encounter. dynamic character a character who noticeably changes within the scope of a narrative, typically as a result of the plot events and/or other characters. Contrast with static character. epiphany a character’s sudden realization of a personal or universal truth. See dynamic character. essay a medium, typically nonfiction, by which an author can achieve a variety of purposes. Popularized by Michel de Montaigne as a method of discovery of knowledge: in the original French, “essay” is a verb that means “to try; to test; to explore; to attempt to understand.” ethnography a study of a particular culture, subculture, or group of people. Uses thick description to explore a place and its associated culture. ethos a rhetorical appeal based on authority, credibility, or expertise. evidence a part or combination of parts that lends support or proof to an arguable topic, idea, or interpretation. figurative language language which implies a meaning that is not to be taken literally. Common examples include metaphor, simile, personification, onomatopoeia, and hyperbole. flat character a character who is minimally detailed, only briefly sketched or named. Generally less central to the events and relationships portrayed in a narrative. Contrast with round character. fluff uneconomical writing: filler language or unnecessarily wordy phrasing. Although fluff occurs in a variety of ways, it can be generally defined as words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs that do not work hard to help you achieve your rhetorical purpose. genre a specific category, subcategory, style, form, or medium (or combination of the above) of rhetoric. A genre may have a “generic imperative,” which is an expectation or set of expectations an