rhetorical vocab #2

appeal to authority

In a text, the reference to words, action, or beliefs of a person in authority as a means of supporting a claim, generalization, or conclusion.

appositive

A noun or noun phrase that follows another noun immediately or defines or amplifies its meaning.

argument

A carefully constructed, well-supported representation of how a writer sees an issue, problem, or subject

arrangement

In a spoken or written text, the placement of ideas for effect.

assonance

The repetition of vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of two or more adjacent words.

assumption

An opinion, a perspective, or a belief that a writer or speaker thinks the audience holds.

asyndeton

The omission of conjunctions between related clauses-for example, "I came, I saw, I conquered."

attitude

the manner in which an action is carried out.

audience

The person or persons who listen to a spoken text or read a written one and are capable of responding to it.

begging of the question

The situation that results when a writer or speaker constructs an argument on an assumption that the audience does not accept.

claim

The ultimate conclusion, generalization, or point that a syllogism or enthymeme expresses. The point, backed up by support, of an argument.