Propaganda
Fallacies
Relationships
Main Ideas & Support
Inferences, Purpose, Tone, Argument
100
using famous people to influence others
What is testimonial?
100
point based on inadequate support
What are hasty generalizations?
100
indicates that an author will provide one or more examples to develop and clarify a given idea
What is illustration?
100
explain and develop the main idea
What are major details?
100
reveals the attitude that he or she has toward a subject
What is tone?
200
presenting yourself as ordinary, regular citizens
What is plain folks?
200
attack on the individual rather than his/her position
What is personal attack?
200
signals that an author is explaining the reason that something happened or the result of something happening
What is cause and effect?
200
only suggested by the supporting details & not clearly stated in one sentence
What are implied main ideas?
200
discovering the ideas in writing that are not stated directly
What is making inferences?
300
an important sounding, but unspecific claim
What is glittering generalities?
300
assume that one event was caused by another
What is false cause?
300
shows the relationships between supporting details in paragraphs, essays, and chapters
What are patterns of organization?
300
help fill out and make clear the major details
What are minor details?
300
the author's reason for writing
What is purpose?
400
"everybody else is doing it"
What is bandwagon?
400
offering only two choices when really more exist
What is either/or?
400
words or phrases that show relationships between ideas
What are transitions?
400
specific evidence such as examples, causes, reasons, or facts
What are supporting details?
400
a belief, judgment, or conclusion that cannot be objectively proved true
What is an opinion?
500
associate product or candidate to something we admire
What is transfer?
500
including illogical evidence
What is circular reasoning?
500
signals similarities and differences
What is comparison and contrast?
500
an author’s unstated central idea in a longer passage
What is a thesis?
500
the author tries to convince us of their opinions and interpretations
What is argument?
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