What Is Argument?
Persuasive discourse; a coherent and considered movement from claim to conclusion.
What is an argument?
Every argument has one of these; also known as an assertion or proposition.
What is a claim?
Regardless of the type, evidence should always be this. (3 adjectives)
What is relevant, accurate, and sufficient?
Provides factual information and background material.
What is narration?
An advertisement, a political cartoon, a photograph, a bumper sticker, a T-shirt, a hat, a Web page, or even a piece of fine art.
What is a visual text?
Raised voices interrupting each other; exaggerated assertions without adequate support
What is crazed rhetoric?
Claim that asserts if something is true or not true.
What is a claim of fact?
What is a false dilemma?
Starts with a general principle or universal truth and applies it to a specific case.
What is deduction?
Something important to know / initially ask yourself when analyzing visual arguments.
What is the occasion?
The assumption that having a full understanding of an opposing position is essential to responding to it and refuting it in an accommodating way.
What is a Rogerian argument?
Claim that argues whether something is right or wrong.
What is a claim of value?
This term that derives from the dried fish trainers would traditionally use to distract dogs while teaching them to hunt foxes.
What is a red herring?
An example of this would be concluding that Honda makes good cars since your family has owned multiple well-functioning Hondas.
What is induction?
Example of a visual argument depicting ground-zero after 9/11 takes this format.
What is a stamp?
Choosing not to destroy your opponents or dismantle their viewpoints but to reach a satisfactory conclusion.
What is the goal of a Rogerian argument?
Type of claim that proposes a change.
What is a claim of policy?
Occurs when a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an opponent’s viewpoint.
What is the straw man fallacy?
Has six elements.
What is Toulmin model?
Topic of the culminating activity.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
Argumentative essay written by Amy Domini.
What is "Why Investing In Fast Food May Be A Good Idea"?
These statements list out all of the points of an argument, while these statements do not.
What is closed vs. open thesis?
After which, therefore because of which.
What is the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy?
The “nuts and bolts” of an essay.
What is confirmation?
A never-ending cycle of work, just to earn more money to buy more material possessions.
What is the theme of the cartoon Rat Race?