AP Seminar Vocab

Toulmin

argumentation that breaks arguments down into six component parts: claim, grounds, warrant, qualifier, rebuttal, and backing.

Aristotelian

The goal is to use a series of strategies to persuade your audience to adopt your side of the issue

Rogerian

A form of argumentative reasoning that aims to establish a middle ground between parties with opposing viewpoints or goals

Causal Argument

One that focuses specifically on how something has caused, or has led to, some particular problem.

Evaluation Argument

Evaluation arguments make a claim about the quality of something

Proposal Argument

A structure of argument that focuses on presenting some kind of proposal as a solution to a problem.

Narrative Argument

individual states their case by telling a story that illustrates a point directly related to the argument

definition argument

focuses on clarifying a definition for a controversial term or concept.

ethos

credibility, character

pathos

emotion

logos

logic

rhetoric

language used to persuade

rhetoric appeals

ethos logos and pathos

rhetorical techniques

linguistic tools used to convey meaning, provoke a response, and persuade during communication