Diction
The choice and use of specific words to create deeper meaning in writing.
What is diction?
The organization of words and phrases in sentences to create deeper meaning in writing.
What is syntax?
This is when the writer or speaker asks a question that implies its own answer or that the audience is forced to answer themselves.
What is a rhetorical question?
Errors in reasoning in the form of misleading or irrelevant reasoning.
What is a logical fallacy?
The writer’s or speaker’s position on a debatable issue or problem.
What is a claim?
This is the emotional feeling that a word or phrase evokes in the reader, like whether a word feels positive or negative.
A sentence structure that contains one independent clause.
What is a simple sentence?
This is when the writer or speaker uses the second person pronoun 'you,’ 'your,' or 'yourself.’
What is direct address?
A conclusion based on the premise, “if this, then that” Often, the assembly of a causal chain of events that result in an unlikely or extreme outcome.
What is a slippery slope?
An idea that is contrary to the author’s position or point of view.
What is a counterclaim?
The dictionary definition of a word, without any emotional or cultural associations.
What is denotation?
A sentence structure that contains two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
This is when the writer or speaker uses the first-person plural words 'we,’ 'us,' and 'our.’
What is inclusive language?
A general statement or conclusion that is made without sufficient evidence.
What is a hasty generalization?
Restating our original claim after acknowledging the other side.
What is a rebuttal?
Determine whether the word "serene" has a positive, negative, or neutral connotation.
What is positive connotation?
Name the type of sentence structure used in this example:
He was tired, so he decided to take a nap, and she continued working.
What is a compound sentence?
Name the rhetorical device used in this example:
I once tripped over my own shoelaces while walking into class. Everyone turned to stare, and my face turned bright red. Since then, I always double-knot my shoes.
What is a personal anecdote?
Name the logical fallacy used in this example:
How can I be expected to do my homework when billions of people around the world are throwing their plastic water bottles away without recycling them?
What is a red herring?
A process of making an argument in which a conclusion is based on a list of premises that are generally assumed to be true.
What is deductive reasoning?
Determine whether the word "approach" has a positive, negative, or neutral connotation.
What is neutral connotation?
Name the type of sentence structure used in this example:
Since the team members practiced every day, they were able to win the championship, even though they had never played together before.
What is a complex sentence?
Name the rhetorical device used in this example:
The results of the experiment were favorable, providing a significant amount of valuable information for analysis.
What is formal language?
Name the logical fallacy used in this example:
Quinoa is a delicious, plant-based source of protein because it tastes so good.
What is circular reasoning?
Begins with a pattern or a trend; Uses a pattern to extrapolate information consistent with the given pattern; Begins with the specific and moves to generalize.
What is abductive reasoning?