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| 14841658145 | Abstract | Opposed to the concrete, not quantifiable | 0 | |
| 14841658146 | Ad Hominem | "against the main;" attacking the arguer rather than the argument or issue | 1 | |
| 14841658147 | Ad Populem | "to the people;" playing on the prejudices of the audience | 2 | |
| 14841658148 | Aesthetic | the study or philosophy of beauty in art, literature, and nature | 3 | |
| 14841658149 | Allegory | form of a metaphor, the meaning of a person, object, or action resides outside the story, the concrete is within the story | 4 | |
| 14841658150 | Analogy | the comparison of two things alike in some respects | 5 | |
| 14841658151 | Analysis | to separate into parts for inspection and evaluation | 6 | |
| 14841658152 | Aphorism | a short witty statement; also, a statement or statements providing support for a claim | 7 | |
| 14841658153 | Appeal to tradition | a process of reasoning and advancing proof about issues on which conflicting views may be held | 8 | |
| 14841658154 | Apology | a written or spoken defense | 9 | |
| 14841658155 | Argument | a statement put forth and supported by evidence; a process of reasoning and advancing proof about issues on which conflicting views may be held | 10 | |
| 14841658156 | Aristotelian Argument | a diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience | 11 | |
| 14841658157 | Assertion | an emphatic statement; declaration. An assertion supported by evidence becomes an argument | 12 | |
| 14841658158 | Assumption | a belief or statement taken for granted without proof | 13 | |
| 14841658159 | Attitude | the author's or speaker's feelings towards the subject, attend to distance when discussing attitude | 14 | |
| 14841658160 | Audience | the intended receiver/s for a speaker or writer's message | 15 | |
| 14841658161 | Authoritative Warrant | a warrant based on credibility of trustworthiness of the source | 16 | |
| 14841658162 | Authority | a reliable, respected source of evidence | 17 | |
| 14841658163 | Backing | the assurances upon which a warrant or assumption is held | 18 | |
| 14841658164 | Begging the Question | a fallacy in reasoning which omits the minor premise and goes directly to the conclusion; assumes that the issue has already been decided | 19 | |
| 14841658165 | Bias | prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue | 20 | |
| 14841658166 | Cause and Effect | reasoning that assumes one event or condition can bring about another | 21 | |
| 14841658167 | Chronological | in the order of time. First, second, third. The simplest way to structure a narrative. | 22 | |
| 14841658168 | Claim | an assertion, usually supported by evidence | 23 | |
| 14841658169 | Claim of Fact | reasoning that asserts something exists, has existed, or will exist, based on data that the audience will accept as objectively verfiable | 24 | |
| 14841658170 | Claim of Policy | a claim asserting that specific courses of action should be instituted as solutions to problems | 25 | |
| 14841658171 | Claim of Value | a claim that asserts some things are more or less desirable than others | 26 | |
| 14841658172 | Cliche | a worn-out expression or idea, no longer capable of producing a visual, image provoking thought about a subject | 27 | |
| 14841658173 | Colloquial | informal conversation, it differs in grammar, vocabulary, syntax, imagery, or connotation | 28 | |
| 14841658174 | Common Ground | Shared beliefs, values, or positions | 29 | |
| 14841658175 | Conceit | a type of metaphor that is strikingly odd and thoughtful, ex. Love compared to a motorcycle | 30 | |
| 14841658176 | Concrete Detail | details used in a persuasive paper which attempt to convince the reader; proof or evidence; in contrast to abstract language | 31 | |
| 14841658177 | Connotation | that which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word's literal meaning; the overtones that adhere to a word through its long usage | 32 | |
| 14841658178 | Context | words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning | 33 | |
| 14841658179 | Controlling Image | an image or metaphor which runs throughout the work | 34 | |
| 14841658180 | Counterargument | a challenge to a position; an opposing argument | 35 | |
| 14841658181 | Credibility | the audience's belief in the arguer's trustworthiness; see ethos | 36 | |
| 14841658182 | Deductive | reasoning from the general of the specific; see syllogism | 37 | |
| 14841658183 | Definition | an explanation of the meaning of a term, concept, or experience; may be used for clarification, especially that of a claim, or as means of developing argument | 38 | |
| 14841658184 | Denotation | the literal meaning of a word; its dictionary definition | 39 | |
| 14841658185 | Devices | speech, syntax, diction. These stylistic elements collectively produce an effect | 40 | |
| 14841658186 | Diction | word choice; denotation = dictionary definition, connotation = all the emotions the word brings | 41 | |
| 14841658187 | Didactic | a teaching type of tone, usually lesson-like or boring in nature | 42 | |
| 14841658188 | Digression | insertion of material not closely related to the work or subject | 43 | |
| 14841658189 | Dilemma | two choices - both bad, or two choices either one producing a bad outcome | 44 | |
| 14841658190 | Ethos | the qualities of character, intelligence and goodwill in an arguer that contribute to an audience's acceptance of the claim | 45 | |
| 14841658191 | Euphenism | a device where being indirect replaces directness to avoid unpleasantness | 46 | |
| 14841658192 | Evidence | facts or opinions that supports an issue or claim; may consists of statistics, reports or personal experience, or views of experts | 47 | |
| 14841658193 | Expository | a mode of writing which is used to explain something | 48 | |
| 14841658194 | Fact | something that is believed to have objective reality; a piece of information regarded as verifiable | 49 | |
| 14841658195 | Factual Evidence | support consisting of data that is considered objectively verifiable by the audience | 50 | |
| 14841658196 | Fallacy | an error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence or incorrect inference | 51 | |
| 14841658197 | False Analogy | assuming without sufficient proof that if objects or possesses are similar in some ways, then they are similar in other ways as well | 52 | |
| 14841658198 | False Dilemma | simplifying a complex problem into an either/ or dichotomy | 53 | |
| 14841658199 | Faulty Emotional Appeal | basing an argument on feelings, especially pity or fear - often to draw attention away from the real issues or to conceal another purpose | 54 | |
| 14841658200 | Faulty Use of Authority | failing to acknowledge disagreement among experts or otherwise misrepresenting the trustworthiness of sources | 55 |
