5245811826 | audience | the listener, viewer or reader of a text | 0 | |
5245815002 | concession | an acknowledgement that an opposing argument maybe true or reasonable | 1 | |
5245842734 | connotation | meaning of a word beyond the dictionary meaning | 2 | |
5245848119 | context | atmosphere and events surrounding a text | 3 | |
5245853720 | counterargument | an opposing argument than the writer is putting forward | 4 | |
5245858678 | ethos | the speakers credibility and trustworthiness | 5 | |
5245861130 | logos | appeal to reason, facts and rationality | 6 | |
5245870687 | occasion | time and place a text was written | 7 | |
5245872234 | pathos | appeal to emotionally impact readers | 8 | |
5245875891 | persona | character speaker shows to audience | 9 | |
5245879577 | polemic | aggressive argument that tries to establish its superiority of one opinion over another | 10 | |
5245884127 | propaganda | spread of ideas and information to help support/prove your stanc | 11 | |
5245889793 | purpose | what the speaker wants to achieve by writing the piece | 12 | |
5245893758 | refutation | denial of opposing argument's validity | 13 | |
5245895904 | rhetoric | ways of persuading audience | 14 | |
5245912111 | rhetorical appeals | rhetorical techniques used to persuade an argument | 15 | |
5245915093 | rhetorical triangle | diagram showing relationship between speaker, audience and subject of a text | 16 | |
5245919586 | SOAPS | subject, occasion, audience, purpose, speaker of a text | 17 | |
5245926834 | speaker | person/organization who made the text | 18 | |
5245928175 | subject | topic of text | 19 | |
5245929529 | text | any product that can be read and interpreted | 20 |
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