TKAM Chapters 16-20 Vocab

concede

to admit as true; to yield, submit

supeona

a legal order directing one to appear in court and/or to produce certain evidence

elucidate

to make clear

solicitor

lawyer in the lower court of law

litigant

a person involved in a lawsuit

convened

come or bring together for a meeting or activity; assemble

amiably

in a friendly manner

corroborating

supporting with evidence or authority

refuse

garbage, trash

deigned

to grant or agree condescendingly to do something; stoop

acrimonious

angry and bitter, usually in tone

dogged

persistent, stubbornly determined, refusing to give up

tenet

belief, doctrine

complacent

Self-satisfied, smug; overly content (and therefore lazy or neglectful)

pantomime

A performance using gestures and body movements without words

mollified

appease the anger or anxiety of (someone)

chiffarobe

dresser

browbeating

to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully

articulate

able to speak clearly and expressively

volition

a conscious choice or decision

unmitigated

not softened or lessened

temerity

rashness, boldness

cynical

believing that people act only out of selfish motives

Rhetoric

the art of using language effectively and persuasively

Rhetorical Devices

literary techniques used to heighten the effectiveness of the message: alliteration, allusion, anaphora, metaphor, parallelism and simile

Anaphora

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Parallelism

Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other

Rhetorical Appeals

ethos, pathos, logos

Ethos

the ethical appeal, to convince an audience of the speaker's credibility or character as trustworthy

Logos

the logical appeal; the use of facts, data and statistics to support your claim.

Pathos

the emotional appeal; to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions