5959461827 | ad hominem | (of an argument or reaction) directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining. | 0 | |
5959468781 | ad populum | basically bandwagon lets jump off a bridge cuz she did | 1 | |
5959485069 | alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. | 2 | |
5959487281 | allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. | 3 | |
5959495422 | analogy | a comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things | 4 | |
5959502563 | anaphora | repeating a phrase or word at beginning of other phrases | 5 | |
5959506125 | anecdote | story used to show a point | 6 | |
5959509018 | annotation | take notes | 7 | |
5959514011 | antimeabole | repeating words reversed , ex reversed repeating words | 8 | |
5959524508 | antithesis | a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else. | 9 | |
5959547753 | appeal to false authority | authority is used outside of the individual's area of expertise, | 10 | |
5959554803 | archaic diction | old timey lang | 11 | |
5959554919 | arguement | reasoned inquiry | 12 | |
5959565314 | aristotelian triangle | Logos is the use of logic, facts, or truth. Pathos is the appeal to your audience's emotions. Ethos is the speaker or writer's character, credibility, and authority. | 13 | |
5959568198 | assertion | presents claim | 14 | |
5959571443 | assumption | warrant | 15 | |
5959576017 | asyndeton | is the writing style of leaving out several conjunctions (such as "as" or "and") from a sentence or a group | 16 | |
5959577816 | audience | listeners | 17 | |
5959577817 | tolumen model | These three parts of the argument are all necessary to support a good argument. | 18 | |
5959582521 | begging the question | claim with shaky foundation | 19 | |
5959589078 | circular reasoning | repeating claim to give evidence | 20 | |
5959592602 | claim | assertion | 21 | |
5959594146 | claim of fact | asserts on true or false | 22 | |
5959599195 | classical oration | intro background proof counters close | 23 | |
5959602418 | closed thesis | main idea for major points | 24 | |
5959605046 | complex sentence | indpent clause and dependent clause | 25 | |
5959610363 | compound sentence | 2 independents | 26 | |
5959614279 | cummalative sentence | the main idea (independent clause) is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases. | 27 | |
5959616730 | counteragrument | an opposition | 28 | |
5959618658 | deduction | logical process that reaches conclusion general to specific | 29 | |
5959624725 | diction | choice of words | 30 | |
5959627419 | false dilemma | two extreme options are your choices | 31 | |
5959633212 | enthymeme | an argument in which one premise is not explicitly stated. | 32 | |
5959642175 | equivocation | When a writer uses the same term in two different senses in an argument. | 33 | |
5959644836 | ethos | credibility | 34 | |
5959647755 | exordium | intro in to an agrument | 35 | |
5959649684 | faulty analogy | two things that are not comparable are compared | 36 | |
5959654069 | figurative language | non literal language | 37 | |
5959656788 | first hand evidence | something that the reader knows | 38 | |
5959662289 | hasty generalization | faulty conclusion bc of little evidence | 39 | |
5959665232 | horative sentence | calls to action | 40 | |
5959667682 | hyperbole | exaggerations | 41 | |
5959670126 | imagery | the senses | 42 | |
5959673970 | imperative sentence | to command | 43 | |
5959676254 | induction | logical processing to a conclusion specific instances into a generalized conclusion, | 44 | |
5959682160 | claim of values | judgement based on morals bad or good | 45 | |
5959685811 | claim of policy | proposes a change | 46 | |
5959688386 | concession | acknowlegding counters | 47 | |
5959696366 | confirmation | development of proof | 48 | |
5959696367 | context text | everything around the texts revolves | 49 | |
5959696368 | connotation | meanings or associations around a word | 50 | |
5959730944 | inversion | inverted order of words in a science | 51 | |
5959733652 | irony | a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result. | 52 | |
5959743558 | juxtaposition | placement of two things closely together | 53 | |
5959751284 | logical fallacies | weakness in an argument | 54 | |
5959754464 | logos | logics | 55 | |
5959756654 | metaphor | like or as | 56 | |
5959759076 | metonymy | is a figure of speech in which something is called by a new name that is related in meaning to the original thing or concept (the big house = prison | 57 | |
5959762821 | modifier | modifying to describe focus | 58 | |
5959766630 | mood | feeling or atmospher | 59 | |
5959768794 | narration | someone saying the background | 60 | |
5959775227 | norminilization | the process of changing a verb into a noun | 61 | |
5959778043 | open thesis | doesnt list all topics | 62 | |
5959780677 | oxymoron | 2 contradictions | 63 | |
5959782582 | paradox | 2 things u think are opposite but they are revelaed to not be | 64 | |
5959787763 | peroation | final part plays to pathos | 65 | |
5959790570 | persona | speaker introduces someone | 66 | |
5959794105 | personification | eggs are living | 67 | |
5959799474 | polemic | aggresive argument that tries to establish superiority | 68 | |
5959802090 | polysyndeton | deliberate argument that tries to establish superiority slows reader | 69 | |
5959808934 | post hoc ergo propter hoc | correlation does not imply causation | 70 | |
5959808935 | propaganda | spread of ideas | 71 | |
5959814342 | purpose | goal | 72 | |
5959816370 | qualified argument | an argument that is not absolute | 73 | |
5959828186 | qualifier | usually probably to temper claim | 74 | |
5959833158 | qualitative evidence | supported by reason | 75 | |
5959839970 | quantitative | measured | 76 | |
5959842267 | rebuttal | oppositions | 77 | |
5959842268 | refutation | denial of validity of opposition | 78 | |
5959845342 | reservation | unless | 79 | |
5959855270 | rhetoric | persuasion and observation | 80 | |
5959857559 | rhetoric appeal | techniques | 81 | |
5959860586 | rhetorical question | asked for effect | 82 | |
5959862862 | rhetoric triangle | shows interrelationships | 83 | |
5959865752 | rogerian arguments | assumption of complete understanding | 84 | |
5959870017 | satire | the use of irony to critque | 85 | |
5959872222 | scheme | deviation from normal words | 86 | |
5959876405 | second hand evidence | got from the reading | 87 | |
5959876406 | simile | explilict comparison | 88 | |
5959878871 | soaps | subject occasion audiences purpose speaker makes up a rhetorical event | 89 | |
5959885122 | speaker | person talking | 90 | |
5959887525 | stance | attitude to audience | 91 | |
5959890457 | straw man | you misrepresented someone's argument to make it easier to attack. | 92 | |
5959895758 | subject | topic | 93 | |
5959898278 | syllogism | is a rhetorical device that starts an argument with a reference to something general and from this it draws conclusion about something more specific. | 94 | |
5959900576 | synecdoche | is a figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something or vice versa. | 95 | |
5959909276 | syntax | arrangement of words | 96 | |
5959911475 | synthesize | 2 ideas to create something | 97 | |
5959913674 | text | written word | 98 | |
5959916256 | tone | attitude towards subject | 99 | |
5959919056 | toulmin model | anaylze construct arguments | 100 | |
5959922099 | trope | metaphor hyperbole simile | 101 | |
5959925550 | understatement | less importantly stated | 102 | |
5959928062 | warrant | assumption needed to be said | 103 | |
5959930581 | wit | humor irony satire | 104 | |
5959936410 | zeugma | 2 words similar 2 different meanings | 105 | |
6006596133 | parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses. | 106 | |
6046702716 | periodic sentence | sentence whose clause is withheld until the end | 107 | |
6046708900 | Backing | In the Toulmin model, backing consists of further assurances or data without which the assumption lacks authority. | 108 | |
6046711214 | conclusion | brings the essay to a satisfying close | 109 | |
6046753964 | Compound sentence | a sentence that includes at least 2 independent clauses. | 110 | |
6046759873 | occasion | the time and place a speech or given piece is written. | 111 |
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