Arguments and
Reasoning
Reasoning
An opinion about a debatable topic and consists of a claim supported by reasons and evidence
What is an argument?
an appeal to logic, supported by evidence, facts, or statistics
What is logos?
an exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
"appeal" means this
What is "persuade"?
When the central idea is implied, not directly stated, it is _________.
What is implicit?
explanations or justifications for the claim
What are reasons?
an appeal to emotion by personalizing a situation or occurrence
What is pathos?
to place different things side by side to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect
What is juxtaposition?
Why an author would write a funny graphic novel
to entertain
When the central idea is directly stated, it is _______.
What is explicit?
The thinking process that a writer or speaker applies to an argument
What is reasoning?
an appeal to ethics and the establishment of the author’s credibility
What is ethos?
a literary device in which parts of the sentence are grammatically the same, or are similar in construction.
What is parallelism?
a reason an author would write a text book
What is "to inform"?
a synonym for implicit
What is implied?
facts, examples, and expert opinions that are used to support the reasons
What is evidence?
ways in which the author appeals to the audience
What are rhetorical appeals?
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
What is alliteration?
Why an author would write a math book
What is "to instruct"?
This means explicit.
What is directly stated?
a statement that conveys the writer’s or speaker’s position
What is a claim?
When using an appeal to ethos, you must include this
What is an expert opinion?
an understatement
What is meiosis?
why an author would write a description of a famous person
What is "to describe"?
One word describing the subject of a text
What is topic?