Vocabulary
Academic Vocab
Domain Specific1
Domain Specific2
Parts of an Argument
100

to grant or endow

invest

100

a person who starts a business or organization

founder

100

to rule by right of authority

govern

100

pertaining to judgement in courts of justice

judicial

100

support the central idea

reasons/evidence

200

to formally setup; to institute

establish

200

an overthrow of an established government

revolution

200

government by the people

democracy

200

the government or rule of a tyrant or absolute ruler

tyranny

200

the overall message the author is trying to communicate in the text

central idea

300

to cause or influence

affect

300

the act of publishing a book, newspaper, magazine, etc.

publication

300

having the function of making laws

legislative

300

state in which supreme power rests in the citizens

republic

300

encourages the audience to do something

call to action

400

to relinquish or cede responsibility for

abdicate

400

opposite in nature or character

contrary

400

all power is vested in a few people

oligarchy

400

charged with executing laws and policies

executive

400

emotional manipulation that is often used to win an argument using feelings and emotion rather than logic.

emotional appeal

500

establishes a legal and philosophical framework for structuring society and civic life

public document

500

relating to one's beliefs, ideas, or doctrine

ideological

500

absolute power of control; tyranny

despotism

500

having supreme rank or power

sovereign

500

the strategic use of logic, claims, and evidence to convince an audience of a certain point

logical appeal

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