persuasion
the use of language or visual images to get us to believe or do something
reasons
tells us why the writers hold particular options
Evidence
support or proff tht backs up the reasons
Quotations
direct words of people
statistics
information expressed in the form of numbers (ex. percentages)
case studies
examples from real life that illustrate a point the writer is making
assertion
a statement or claim you make about a text
citation
specific pieces of evidence you find in a text that supports you assertions
logical appeals
ear reasons why their opinions she be believed and support it with evidence
Emotional appeals
strips feeling and make readers more symapthetic toward the writers argument
fallacious reasoning
faulty or false reasoning
hasty generalization
broad conclusions based on a limited number of experiences using or nothing words (ex. all or never)
circular reasoning
reasons that say the same thing over and over just saying different words
only cause fallacy
presents a situation or out come as having only one cause or the wrong cause
connoration
the feeling a word invokes (emotional tone)
denotation
what the word literally says (dictionary definition)
bandwagon
takes advantage of people’s desire to be apart of a group or be popular
stereotype
presents a narrow fixed idea about all the members of a certain group
name calling
use of labels and loaded words to create negative feelings about a person group or thing
snob appeal
sends the message that something is valuable because only “special people” appreciate it
testimonial
a recommendation made by someone who is well known but not necessarily an authority