Argumentative Terms
The writer's main point or argument.
Information taken directly from the text.
What is Textual Evidence?
The main character.
What is the protagonist?
The smallest part of a word.
What is a morpheme?
Punctuation marks used to connect closely related sentences.
What is a semicolon?
An appeal to logic and reasoning.
What is Logos?
The central message of a text.
What is the main idea or theme?
The struggle between opposing forces.
What is conflict?
Words that express action or state of being.
What is a verb?
Can stand on its own as a sentence.
What is an independent clause?
An argument that opposes the main claim.
What is a counterclaim?
Numerical information used as evidence.
What is statistics?
A character that does not change.
What is a static character?
The emotional feeling of a word.
What is connotation?
When the subject is not performing the action.
What is passive voice?
A response to a counterclaim to disprove or weaken it.
What is a rebuttal?
How easily a reader can understand the message.
What is clarity?
The most intense or exciting moment of the story.
What is the climax?
A prefix or suffix added to a word.
What is an affix?
Punctuation marks used to add emphasis or an interruption.
What is a dash?
Term for Ethos, Pathos, Logos.
What is Aristotelian Rhetoric or rhetorical appeals?
Collected information used to support ideas.
What is Data?
Universal patterns, symbols, or character types.
What is an Archetype?
The study of a word’s origin.
What is etymology?
Repeats the same grammatical pattern.
What is parallel structure?