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Fallacies of Persuasion
Figurative Language/ESL
Vocabulary
What Critical Readers Do
Miscellaneous
100
Celebrities who are not experts state support.
What is Testimonials
100
An expression with a special meaning that cannot be understood by direct translation.
What is Idiom
100
An error in reasoning that can give an illusion of support.
What is Fallacy
100
Authors use facts to ___________;
What is Inform
100
Generalize meaning based on clues that incorporate what you already know with what you discover.
What is Conclusion
200
You will be left out if you do not join the crowd.
What is Bandwagon
200
Slanted language manipulates ______________.
What is the reader's attitude
200
The feeling or emotions surrounding a word.
What is Connotation
200
Authors use a combination of facts and opinions to_______________.
What is Persuade
200
Name the three common purposes for writing.
What is To inform, To persuade, To Entertain
300
A famous person is associated with an argument.
What is Transfer
300
A stated comparison using like or as.
What is Simile
300
Meaning that is suggested or implied rather than directly stated.
What is Inference
300
Authors use fiction and nonfiction to _____________.
What is Entertain
300
A form of writing that uses fallacies to convince readers.
What is Propaganda
400
A simplistic exaggeration is set up to represent the argument.
What is Straw Person
400
An implied comparison.
What is Metaphor
400
A negative connotation.
What is Bias
400
Refers to the opinions and beliefs of the author or of the reader.
What is Points of View
400
Refers to the author's attitude toward a subject.
What is Tone
500
Two things are compared as similar that are actually distinctly different.
What is Misleading Analogy
500
What does ESL mean?
What is English as a Second Language
500
A statement of feeling or belief that cannot be proven right or wrong.
What is Opinion
500
Critical readers do these three things.
What is think for themselves, analyze, evaluate
500
A statement that can be proven true or false.
What is Fact