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Words that start with the letter R
Rhetorical Modes
Take a Stand
Potpourri
100

Granting or allowing a point

What is a concession?

100

The elements of SOAPSTone or SPACECAT describe this.

What is the rhetorical situation?

100

Explaining something in great detail

What is description?

100

A discussion with two or more opposing viewpoints

What is an argument?

100

What we do to avoid plagiarism

What is cite?

200

Reasons, facts, data, expert opinion, personal experience

What is evidence?

200

Making writing stronger by adding, moving, and/or deleting. 

What is revision?

200

A statement that makes something clear

What is explanation?

200

To show or prove to be right or reasonable 

What is justify?

200

Proper nouns and the first word in a sentence get this

What is capitalization?

300

General agreement, shared thinking

What is consensus?

300

Not what is argued but HOW it is argued. 

What are rhetorical choices?

300

Writing that focuses striking differences

What is contrast?

300

Ethos, trust, relatability

What is credibility?

300

Imagine school lunches suddenly became amazing

What is hypothetical?

400

The background circumstances needed to understand an issue, idea, or event

What is context?

400

Countering, contradicting, or shooting down an argument

What is rebuttal?

400

Writing that focuses on similarities

What is comparison?

400

The set of reasons and evidence leading to a conclusion

What is line of reasoning?

400

The writer's attitude about the topic

What is tone?

500

Fact, value, and policy

What are claims?

500

*The art of argument

What is rhetoric?

500

Writing that develops the meaning of a term or concept

What is definition?

500

Urgency, motivation, what sparks an argument

What is exigence?

500

Facts, statistics, and disputed pronunciation

What is data?

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