50 vocab words from the Bedford Reader and the AP 5 Steps to a 5
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| words describing qualities, ideas | ||
| attacks integrity or character of opponent | ||
| appeals to group's passions and prejudices rather than its reason | ||
| a reference to literature or history | ||
| author's point of view | ||
| writer assumes reader will accept assertion without support | ||
| essay whose aim is to predict effect | ||
| stale expression nor used in good writing | ||
| informal language | ||
| the clear connection among all parts of an essay | ||
| words denoting palpable objects or conditions | ||
| similarities/differences | ||
| tension created by struggle | ||
| general statements applied to specific situations | ||
| agree/disagree | ||
| word choice | ||
| essay that identifies the parts of a whole | ||
| the result of something | ||
| analyze author's credibility | ||
| used to lend support to thesis | ||
| writing whose chief aim is to explain | ||
| if two elements are alike in some ways, then alike in every way | ||
| a statement that assert a broad truth based on a knowledge of specifics | ||
| unsound inductive inference | ||
| what is said is the opposite of what is meant | ||
| reasoning that goes from specifies to a conclusion | ||
| words that appeal to the five senses | ||
| technical language of a trade, profession | ||
| placing two ideas next to each other | ||
| skillful handling of diction and syntax | ||
| faulty conclusions | ||
| elements of storytelling to convey tone, purpose, effect | ||
| speed that writing moves | ||
| giving something human characteristics | ||
| writing that appeals to emotions and values | ||
| conclude that one event caused another just because it came first | ||
| statement that is the bases of an argument | ||
| ability to see one's inner nature | ||
| reason for writing an essay | ||
| vague appeals to unsubstantiated authority | ||
| art of using persuasive language | ||
| reason for speaker's remarks | ||
| attempts to focus on minor rather then major points | ||
| comparison using like or as | ||
| pattern by which a deductive argument is expressed | ||
| arrangement of words in a sentence | ||
| main idea of the paragraph | ||
| what is proven in an essay | ||
| the author's attitude through language | ||
| representing something as less than it is to stress its magnitude |
