Week 1 VOCAB
This is unclear or clouded and can even be difficult to understand.
What is OBSCURE?
Presenting personal accolades and certifications relative to reputation in order to convey an argument and achieve a purpose.
What is ETHOS?
This differentiates and makes clear distinctions between multiple things.
What is DISCRIMINATE?
This is the category of writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning, but rather meant to be imaginative and vivid.
What is FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?
This is the action when someone speaks out against and condemns someone or something else.
What is DENOUNCE?
This means something might have more than one meaning.
What is AMBIGUOUS?
This describes the principles governing language usage and how orators convey their meaning to achieve a purpose.
What is RHETORIC?
This is when people can distinguish between one thing and another.
What is DISCERN?
This category refers to how an author will purposefully arrange their sentence structures in order to convey meaning and achieve a response from audiences.
What is SYNTAX?
This means to be passionate about something.
What is FERVENT?
This means to be without any sort of bias.
What is OBJECTIVE?
Presenting facts, specific details, and/or statistics in order to convey an argument and achieve a purpose.
What is LOGOS?
This is when one maintains a neutral stance.
What is IMPARTIAL?
This category refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness.
What is DICTION?
This involves describing someone or something as quarrelsome.
What is CONTENTIOUS?
This means to display a lack of emotion or interest.
What is APATHY?
Evoking emotion from an audience by sharing words and/or images of a particularly triggering nature in order to convey an argument and achieve a purpose.
What is PATHOS?
This describes someone who is very honest or frank.
What is CANDID?
This category refers to the author's attitude toward their subject matter. It is very important to analysis and oftentimes complex.
What is TONE?
This is when you weaken or wear away any sort of foundation to something.
What is UNDERMINE?