A general statement that backs up a claim in an argument
What is Reason
100
Any type of information -- including examples, statistics, quotations, and research findings-- used as support to convince the reader that the thesis is reasonable or correct
What is Evidence
100
A basic part of an argument -- a statement that reveals the writer's position on an issue. It usually appears as part of the thesis statement
What is Claim
100
the time, place, and background situation, and circumstances that affect the writer/speaker of the text
What is Context
100
An idea that an author believes to be true but does not try to prove. They are often not directly stated.
What is Assumption
200
The art of speaking or writing effectively
What is Rhetoric
200
a word's literal meaning or dictionary definition
What is Denotation
200
The set of feelings or associations that a word evokes in a reader
What is Connotation
200
True or False: Words with similar denotations can have different connotations
What is True
200
The rhetorical triangle represents the relationship between...
What is a writer (speaker), the audience, and the message of a text
300
An appeal based on the credibility and trustworthiness of the writer or speaker
What is Ethos
300
an appeal to the audience's emotions
What is Pathos
300
An appeal based on the logic of the supporting evidence used to develop a claim
What is Logos
300
What does SOAPStone stand for?
What is speaker, occasion, audience, purpose, subject, and tone
300
the main voice in the text
What is speaker
400
the time and place of the piece of writing; the current situation that prompted the speaker to speak/write
What is occasion
400
The readers of a particular piece of writing. A writer should always keep this in mind when planing and writing an essay
What is audience
400
The reason an author writes a particular piece. Common examples are to entertain, to express and elicit feelings from readers, to inform or educate, and to persuade or to advocate for a cause.
What is purpose
400
the main topic of a text
What is subject
400
the way a reading sounds to its audience, influenced by an author's approach to the topic and the audience
What is Tone
500
Fill in the blanks: A reading's tone comes from the writer's ---- --- and --- --- and other aspects of style
What is word choice and sentence patterns
500
The author's purpose in writing a piece influences what three things?
What is its words, details, and style
500
True or False: Assumptions are directly stated
What is False
500
Where does the writer's claim typically appear?
What is the thesis statement
500
Four examples of evidence are...
What is statistics, quotations, research findings, and examples