Vexing Vocabulary
Persuasive Pillars
100

This is a statement of opinion that is not supported by evidence yet.

What is a claim?

100
Being in favor, or support of something.

What is the PRO side of an argument?

200

A time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger.

What is a crisis?

200

1. To be against something, not in support of

2. Bad things or drawbacks about something

What is to be on the CON side of an argument?

300

Importance requiring swift action

What is urgency?

300

Ethos, Pathos, Logos

What are persuasive appeals?

400

Likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses.

What is an illusion?

400

The appeal that relies on authority, celebrity, and/or popularity

What is Ethos?

500

A substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects that is being released into the environment

What is pollution?

500
A series of techniques that use words in certain specific ways to convey meaning or to persuade.

What are Rhetorical Devices?

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