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| 4276134217 | antithesis | the statement of the opposing viewpoint | 0 | |
| 4276136115 | argument | a single assertion or a series of assertions presented and defended by the writer. | 1 | |
| 4276139692 | assertion (claim) | opinions stated as facts—the basis of all arguments. | 2 | |
| 4276145734 | assumption | a supposed "fact" that is actually never proved- may be part of a speaker's belief system. | 3 | |
| 4276147741 | concession | an admission in an argument that the opposing side has points; to grant, allow or yield to a point. | 4 | |
| 4276152686 | credibility | the audience's belief in the arguer's trustworthiness. | 5 | |
| 4283634439 | deduction | the process of moving from a general rule to a specific example. | 6 | |
| 4283638138 | details | acts that support the thesis or assertion in a piece of writing. | 7 | |
| 4283641144 | ethos | appeal to the credentials of the person speaking; character, goodwill, trustworthiness, intelligence | 8 | |
| 4283642715 | generalization | an assertion about a group or class which implies that every member of this group or class shares a common characteristic | 9 | |
| 4283647241 | subjective generalizations | depend on personal attitudes and cannot be logically proven | 10 | |
| 4283650977 | objective generalization (probable generalization) | are true in most cases but not all, and are useful in argumentation. | 11 | |
| 4283659858 | hypothesis | an unproved theory, proposition or supposition. | 12 | |
| 4284220746 | induction | the process of moving from a given series of specifics to a generalization. | 13 | |
| 4284223437 | issue | a debatable question that gives rise to different positions or stances. | 14 | |
| 4284226926 | logic | the process of reasoning. | 15 | |
| 4284232036 | objective | without personal bias or prejudice | 16 | |
| 4284236143 | overgeneralization | the use of small and/or non-representative samples of real data to make an inference that is incorrect. It is considered a cognitive bias, a logical fallacy, and a misuse of statistics. | 17 | |
| 4284239396 | pathos | appeal to emotion. | 18 | |
| 4284241148 | persuasion | type of argument that has as its goal an action on the part of the audience. | 19 | |
| 4284243650 | qualification | to modify, restrict or limit- means that you agree in part, or you wish to redefine or reshape the assertion. | 20 | |
| 4284257668 | rebuttal (refutation) | an opposing argument; a contradiction- to prove an argument wrong | 21 | |
| 4284265610 | recapitulate | to repeat briefly; to summarize | 22 | |
| 4285647491 | repetition | the deliberate use of any element of language more than once | 23 | |
| 4285655294 | rhetoric | the entire process of effective written communication | 24 | |
| 4285657255 | rhetorical shift | a change or movement in a piece from one point, idea, concept, etc. to another; signaled by words such as 'but,' 'then,' 'however,' etc. | 25 | |
| 4285658648 | rhetorical question | a question asked to make a point. The speaker/writer already knows the answer to the question, and he asks the question to remind his audience of this answer. The idea is that the answer, reverberating around in everyone's minds, is much more powerful than if the speaker actually said | 26 | |
| 4285664926 | thesis | the main idea of a piece of writing. | 27 | |
| 4285669950 | speaker's stance | a position, where you stand on an issue. | 28 | |
| 4285672924 | speculation | a guess about what may happen in the future | 29 | |
| 4285678146 | subjective | conclusions based on personal feelings/prejudice or bias | 30 | |
| 4285682515 | alliteration | 31 |
