The speaker/writer tries to win the attention and goodwill of an audience while introducing a subject or problem.
What is Exordium
100
The writer describes an issue, a problem, or a conflict in terms rich enough to show the he/she fully understands and respects any alternative position or positions
What is the introduction
100
The arguments begin with claims which have these two qualities.
What is debatable and controversial statements?
100
A chain of reasoning moving from general, universal principles to specific instances using airtight logic-premises followed by conclusion.
What is a syllogism?
100
Tells a story, recounts an event.
What is narration?
200
The speaker/writer presents the facts of the case, explaining what happened when, who is involved, and so on.
What is Narratio?
200
The key to Rogerian argumentation is a willingness to do this.
What is think about opposing positions?
What is to describe them fairly
200
Any limits you place on your claim.
What are qualifiers?
200
The process of generalizing on the basis of a number of specific examples.
What is inductive reasoning?
200
Illustrates a point.
What is exposition?
300
The speaker/writer divides up the subject, explaining what the claim is, what the key issues are, and in what order the subject will be treated.
What is partitio?
300
In Rogerian structure you have to acknowledge what about your argument?
What is alternatives to your claims exist.
They might be reasonable under certain circumstances.
300
Reasonable evidence may be supported by these.
What are personal experience, anecdotes, facts, authorities?
300
An argument intended to shut down another person's argument structured by exordium, narration, partitio, confirmation, refutation, peroratio.
What is Classical oration?
300
Creates a sensory image.
What is description?
400
The speaker/writer recognizes and refutes opposing claims or evidence.
What is refutatio?
400
Rogerian arguments steer clear of this type of language emphasizing this instead.
What is heated and stereotypical language.
What is how do all parties in a dispute gain from working together.
400
The underlying assumptions that support your claim.
What is warrants?
400
The place where learning should happen, not grade chasing.
What is an AP class?
400
Takes a position on an issue and defends it.
What is argumentation?
500
The speaker/writer summarizes the case and moves the audience to action.
What is peroratio?
500
Arguments that begins with careful attention to and respect for the person or audience you are in conversation with.
What is rhetorical listening?
500
The evidence for warrant.
What is backing?
500
The grammatical structure of sentences.
What is syntax?
500
Also known as word choice, refers to the conscious selection of words to further the author's purpose.