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7632435795Second hand evidenceEvidence accesss through research, veading, investigation.0
7632435796The classical modelIntroduction, narration, confirmation, refutation, conclusion.1
7632435797Introduction (exordium)Draw readers in by using ethos2
7632435798Narration (narraratio)Narration is present to "so what?" Appeals to logos and pathos3
7632435799Confirmation (confirmation)The meat of your argument/ longest part. Appeals to logos.4
7632435800refutation (refutatio)Addresses the counter argument. Appeals to logos.5
7632435801Conclusion (peroration)Brings ideas together, answers "so what?", memorable. Appeals to pathos and reminds readers of ethos.6
7632435802EvidenceRelevant, accurate, sufficient, support7
7632435803AudienceMindset8
7632435804First hand evidencePersonal9
7632435805ToulminEvidence, claim, qualifier, reservation, warrant10
7632435806open thesisdoes not list all the points the writer intends to cover in an essay11
7632435807closed thesisA sentence or sentences that directly state what the topics in your paper are going to be12
7632435808Counter thesisoffer some reasoning, using evidence, that suggests why the thesis is true.13
7632435809VisualPhotographs/ cartoons14
7632435810BandwagonDoing something just because everyone else is doing it15
7632435811circular reasoningthe writer repeats the claim as a way to provide evidence16
7632435812ad hominemPersonal attack17
7632435813Faulty Analogyoccurs when an analogy compares two things that are not comparable18
7632435814False DilemmaA fallacy where the speaker presents two extreme options as the only possible choices19
7632435815Faulty Causalityassuming that because one thing follows another it was caused by the other.20
7632435816straw man argumenta weak interpretation of someone else's argument in order to make it easier to refute21
7632435817Argument from AuthorityUsing an authority as evidence in your argument when the authority is not really an authority on the facts relevant to the argument (Adam Levine)22
7632435818claim of valueargues that something is good or bad, right or wrong23
7632435819claim of factasserts that something is true or not true24
7632435820claim of policyproposes a change25

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