Lost Tools of Writing Vocabulary – Flashcards
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Three universal challenges to becoming a good writer?
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1. coming up with something to say; 2. ordering your thoughts; and 3. expressing your thoughts appropriately
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What is the solution to the 3 universal challenges?
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Canons
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What is the first canon?
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Invention
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What is the second canon?
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Arrangement
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What is the third canon?
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Elocution
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Discovery
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The art of discovering material for the text (aka: invention)
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disposition
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the art of selecting, sorting, and outlining ideas and subject matter (aka arrangement)
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ANI
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affirmative, negative, and interesting
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5 topics of invention
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Comparison, circumstances, authority, relationship, and definition
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Essay
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a short piece of writing on a particular subject
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Arrangement Template
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the pattern to imitate when outlining an essay (intro, body, conclusion)
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Introduction
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an opening of an essay
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Thesis
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statement of the proposition of an essay you are defending
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Proofs
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the reasons or arguments that defend the thesis
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Enumeration
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the number of reasons used to support the thesis
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Exposition
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the statement of the main reasons in an essay - main proofs
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Conclusion
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summary of an essay
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Elocution
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the art of expressing one's ideas appropriately (aka style)
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which part of speech is used in the TOPIC definition?
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hearing and seeing
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what are the steps (in order) which take you from the question to the essay?
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1. question; 2. issue; 3. ANI; 4. Sort; 5. Decide which side support/write 6. Thesis; 7. outline; 8. Essay
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proof
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the reasons or arguments that defend the thesis
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scheme
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an arrangement of words appealing to the senses
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Parallelism
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an order of two or more words, phrases, or clauses aligned in such a way that the parts of speech in each line up with the same parts of speech in the other words, phrases, or clauses
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Exordium
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the opening of an essay or speech, the first part of the introduction. (i.e. the hook). It connects the reader to the material in the essay
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Antithesis
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a scheme in which strongly contrasting (or opposite) concepts are expressed in a parallel form
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Issue
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A question beginning with 'whether'
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8 parts of speech
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noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, preposition, interjection, conjunction, adjective
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sub proofs
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reasons which support a main proof
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Trope
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an arrangement of words appealing to the mind or imagination
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4 parts of your introduction
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Exordium, thesis, enumeration, and exposition
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what is included in the body of your essay?
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Proof 1, 2, and 3. Each proof contains three sub proofs
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What does the conclusion include?
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thesis & summary of proofs (exposition)
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Amplification
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ending of the conclusion answering "to whom it matters" and "why"
