Claims
Language & Style
Fallacies
Rhetoric/Argument
SOAPS-Tone
100
A position taken by a person making an argument
What is claim
100
A question asked to encourage an audience to reflect on an issue, but not elicit a direct response.
What is Rhetorical Question
100
Mom: McKenzie, why did you fail your Chemistry test? McKenzie: Did you notice the awful storm outside?
What is Red Herring
100
credibility of the author
What is ethos
100
P in SOAPS-Tone
What is purpose
200
The type of claim that proposes a change
What is claim of policy
200
a type of language implying a secondary meaning in addition to the primary meaning
What is connotative language
200
"My opponent suggests that lowering taxes will be a good idea -- this is coming from a man who eats 1 full gallon of ice cream each night!
What is ad hominem
200
invoking emotion within an audience
What is pathos
200
O in SOAPS-Tone
What is occasion
300
Could be personal judgements based on taste or external criteria
What is Claims of Value
300
giving human like qualities to in inanimate object
What is personification
300
I prayed before I took my Geometry test and I got an A! Praying before tests helps me get A's.
What is Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
300
statistical data
What is logos
300
the voice that tells the story
What is speaker
400
Pivots on what is exactly factual
What is claim of fact
400
using similar grammatical structures to emphasize related ideas
What is parallel structure
400
Teacher: You have 15 minutes to complete this assignment and then we will move on to other material. Student(s): So you want us to fail?
What is Strawman
400
A reasoned logical way of demonstrating that the writers position belief or conclusion is valid.
What is argument
400
choice of words and use of rhetorical devices let you know the speaker's ____.
What is tone
500
To develop this claim - you must establish specific criteria or standards and show to what extent the subject meets your criteria.
What is Claim of Value
500
reference to a well known literary work
What is an Allusion
500
In surveying the students in Mr. Kern's Conceptual Physics class - they all like the new X-Hour. So all students at SMR like the new X-Hour.
What is Hasty Generalization
500
Type of essay that makes claims based on factual evidence, makes a counterclaim, defeats opposing ideas, convinces an audience to believe a claim.
What is argumentative.
500
What two categories did we divide SOAPS-Tone into?
What is textual evidence and larger context.
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