Ethos? Pathos? Logos?
"In 25 years of driving the same route, I haven't seen a single driver."
Logos
What is evidence?
The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alliteration
An indirect reference to something (usually a literary text, although it can be other things
commonly known, such as plays, songs, historical events) with which the reader is supposed to be familiar.
Allusion
A style of writing in which the subject is broken into its writing components and the components are subjected to detailed scrutiny.
Analytical
"Your cancer is still treatable but must be done soon. Trust me, I am a doctor."
Ethos
What is a claim?
A state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.
They fought like cats and dogs.
Simile
A brief recounting of a relevant episode. Often inserted into fictional or non-fictional texts as a way of developing a point or injecting humor.
Anecdote
A reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong.
Argument
"You will never be satisfied in life if you don't start seizing the opportunities."
Pathos
An argument consists of...
claims, reasons, evidence, and counterargument
The stars winked in the night sky.
Personification
Rather than the dictionary definition (denotation), the associations suggested by a word. Implied meaning rather than literal meaning
Connotation
The reasoning process by which a conclusion is drawn from set of premises and contains no more facts than these premises.
Deductive
"You should consider another route. I heard that that street is far more dangerous and omnious at night than during the daytime."
Pathos
What is a counterclaim?
A claim made to rebut a previous claim.
My backpack weighs a ton.
Hyperbole
The literal, explicit meaning of a word, without its connotations.
Denotation
Refers to the talking that goes on between characters during a story.
Dialogue
"It's a matter of common sense that people deserve to be treated equally. The Constitution calls it "self-evident." Why, then, should I have been denied a seat because of my disability.
Logos
What is a rebuttal?
A refutation or contradiction
She is a pig when she eats.
Metaphor
To combine separate elements to form a whole.
Synthesis
The strict meaning of a word or words; not figurative or exaggerated.
Literal