Vocab and Misc.
Argument
Rhetoric
Text Structure
Argument II
100

Sound reasoning to support an argumemt

Validity

100

An arguable statement. It is an assertion of truth that can be either true or false, but not both at the same time. It is debatable. It is not obvious or general.

Claim

100

is the "faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. = effective communication.

Rhetoric

100

Shows how two or more things are alike and/or how they are different.

Compare and Constrast

100

Information that is used to support a claim. Facts, statistics, and expert opinions.

Evidence

200

To fight against a common enemy 

Draft
200

There should be a tax on fast food to discourage people from eating it and increasing their risk of heart disease. This is an example of a...

Claim

200

Imagine how you’d feel if you had more money coming in than going out. Feel how great it would be when you can go into a shop and buy anything you wanted. And pay for it. Cash. Your dreams are about to come true

Pathos

200

Describes items or events in order or tells the steps to follow to do something or make something.

Sequence

200

Eating foods that are high in salt and saturated fat has been proven to increase your risk of heart disease or stroke. This is an example of...

Evidence 

300

Boundaries

Parameters

300

(n.) a false notion or belief; an error in thinking

Fallacy

300

You are struggling to make money. You’re like a swimmer who is fighting against the current. You can’t make headway. But you try, try, try. Soon, you get your first sale. Then more. You become a winner.

Logos

300

Presenting facts, events, or details in the order in which they occurred in time

Chronological text structure

300

Game of Thrones is not the best show on television; The Walking Dead is the best show on TV. This is an example of a...

Counterclaim

400

Resilient

Origin: Latin

re-: back

salire: to jump

resiliens, resilire, to rebound, recoil

Etymology 

400

A claim that is made to offset, discredit, or oppose another claim. The goal is to prove that the original claim is wrong or false.

Counterclaim 

400

I was like you. I didn’t have much money. I struggled to pay the rent. Then I studied the stock market. I was determined to make some money. Sometime I won, sometimes I lost. But I kept trying. And eventually I devised the system that you will learn today. You will finally be rich.

Ethos

400

Detailing a subject's characteristics

Description

400

Common errors in reasoning that will undermine the logic of your argument

Fallacious Reasoning 

500

having the same connotations, implications, or reference

Synonymous

500

The potential vulnerabilities or weaknesses in an argument. They often arise from a failure to make a logical connection between the claim and the evidence used to support it.

Logical fallacy

500
  • Ladies and gentlemen of the jury: We have not only the fingerprints, the lack of an alibi, a clear motive, and an expressed desire to commit the robbery, but we also have video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more open and shut.

Logos

500

The writing gives the event and then what happened because of the event.

Cause and Effect

500

A rational link between the evidence and the claim and authorizes the step we make when we draw a conclusion

Reasoning 

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