Unit 1
To persuade into erroneous thinking; mislead
What is delude?
The state of being able to make personal choices and act on them
What is autonomy?
Existing or spreading throughout something
What is pervasive?
A state of society in which diverse groups participate
What is pluralism?
protection against loss or damage
What is indemnity?
Enough evidence to support the point or claim
What is sufficient evidence?
The art of persuasion
What is rhetoric?
Text structure that presents an idea or opinion and then to supports it by explaining why it is true or correct
What is proposition-and-support structure?
The theme stated in this passage, "When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation"
What is “it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them” ?
A text that is considered to have been historically significant in its attempt to persuade policy makers
What is a work of public advocacy?
A brief account of the facts of a text
What is an objective summary?
The format used for literary essays
What is MLA format?
Appears at the start of each body paragraph, telling readers what the paragraph will be about
What is a topic sentence?
Words and phrases that leave some room for the other side of the argument
What are qualifiers?
includes a restatement of the thesis and provides closure
What is a conclusion?
"speaking personally, the pleasure of playing Two Dots has been a significant impediment to the task of actually writing about Two Dots. I’m currently on Level 322."
What is an anecdote?
I was a raft in a tossing sea of humanity
What is a metaphor?
The rhetorical appeal used in the following, "Frogs and toads, bats and moths, fireflies and fish, plus many other animals can all suffer sometimes detrimental physiological and behavioral changes if they’re fooled by artificial light. Activity levels, for example, often change."
What is logos?
The rhetorical feature in the following, "From the man of highest mental cultivation, to the most degraded wretch who staggers in the streets do we hear ridicule and coarse jests"
What is Antithesis?
The five elements of the chain of legal reasoning
what are issue, rule, facts, analysis, and conclusion?
the assignment or work that an author needs to do
What is the authors task?
Includes freewriting, idea mapping, and listing.
What are prewriting techniques?
The way in which words and sentences are arranged to demonstrate the author’s intent, meaning, purpose, and style
What is syntax?
You first acknowledge the merit of the counterclaim and then, with reasoning and evidence, prove how the counterclaim is still less important than, or not as valuable as, your own claim. The two principles being used.
What are concession and rebuttal?
The process of looking at each piece of evidence individually and confirm that it is properly cited, properly introduced, and relevant to the “because” statement it is supporting
What is revising evidence?