Speaker - The author of a text Purpose - What the speaker hopes to achieve Audience - Who the text is directed toward - Context - The larger situation in which the test happens Exigence - Reason for producing a text Quantifiable - Evidence that is measured - Statistics Qualifiable - Evidence that reflects feelings - Personal story Descriptive/Comparative - Describing and comparing different aspects of a particular situation - analogy (extended comparison) Ethos - Appeals to credibility - Pathos - Appeals to emotions - Logos - Appeals to logic - Tone - The author's attitude toward the subject - Diction - The authors word choice - Imagery - Descriptive language that engages the senses - Details - What the author leaves in and out of the text - Either or fallacy - Only 2 options - Bandwagon fallacy - A popular idea so it's true - Ad Hominem fallacy - Attacking the character - Straw man fallacy - Arguing something related to the topic, but avoids topic - Non-sequitur fallacy - Conclusion does not follow premise - Appeals to authority fallacy - A famous person endorses the claim - Appeals to pity fallacy - Persuade others by provoking pity - Appeals to ignorance fallacy - No evidence proving my claim wrong - Hasty generalization fallacy - A rush conclusion - Slippery slope fallacy - A fallacy that predicts extreme outcomes - Faulty causality fallacy - First event called the second event Weak analogy fallacy - Two things that are compared that are not alike creates weak analogy Cause-effect - Provide reasons that produced a result Narration - Telling a story from one viewpoint Compare-contrast - How 2 things are similar or different Definition-Description - What a concept, event, person is like Parts of a work cited page - All sources listed with them cited How to cite websites - Author last, first name, Website Title Publisher Date of Publication Counterclaim - An opposing claim Concession - Acknowledgement of a limitation in your own argument Rebuttal - Offering contrasting perspective on an argument Refutation - A rejection of a counterclaim Qualification - To avoid absolute language or generalizations Absolute language - Claims - Statements of what the author believes Evidence - Factual information that helps the reader reach a conclusion Line of reasoning - Arrangements of claim and evidence that leads to a conclusion Thesis - Writers viewpoint Thesis Statement - A statement that states the main idea of a paper Commentary - Part of a paragraph that connects evidence to claim Topic sentences - Sentence that presents the main focus of a paragraph Introductions - Sets tone of essay/ Previews how the essay will develop Conclusions - Synthesize main points of line of reasoning

Speaker

The author of a text

Purpose

What the author hopes to achieve

Audience

Who the text is directed toward

Context

The larger situation the text is in

Exigence

Reason for producing the text

Quantifiable

Evidence that is measured

Qualifiable

Evidence that reflects feelings

Descriptive/Comparative

 Describing and comparing different aspects of a particular situation

Ethos

Appeals to credibility

Pathos

Appeals to emotion

Logos

Appeals to logic

Tone

The author’s attitude toward the subject

Diction

The authors word choice

Imagery

Descriptive language that engages the senses

Details

What the author leaves in and out of the text

Either or fallacy

Only 2 options

Bandwagon fallacy

Popular choice

Ad hominem fallacy

Attacking the character

Straw man fallacy

Arguing something related to the topic, but avoids the topic

Non-sequitur fallacy

Conclusion does not follow premise

Appeals to authority fallacy

A famous person endorses the claim

Appeals to pity fallacy

Persuade others by provoking pity

Appeals to ignorance fallacy

No evidence proving my claim wrong

Hasty generalization fallacy

A rush conclusion

Slippery Slope fallacy

A fallacy that predicts extreme conclusion

Faulty casualty fallacy

First event caused second event

Weak Analogy fallacy

Two things that are compared that are not alike creates weak analogy

Cause-Effect

Provided reasons that produced a result

Narration

Telling a story from one viewpoint

Compare-Contrast

How 2 things are similar or different

Definition-Description

What a concept, event, person is like

Parts of a work cited page

All sources listed with them cited

How to cite websites

Author last, first name, Website Title, Publisher, Date of Publication

Counterclaim

An opposing claim

Concession

Acknowledgement of a limitation in your own argument

Rebuttal

Offering contrasting perspective on an argument

Refutation

A rejection of a counterclaim

Qualification

To avoid absolute language or generalizations

Absolute Language

Exaggerated claim

Claims

Statement of what the author believes

Evidence

Factual information that helps the reader reach a conclusion

Line of Reasoning

Arrangements of claim and evidence that leads to a conclusion

Thesis

Writers viewpoint

Thesis statement

A statement that states the main idea of paper

Commentary

Part of a paragraph that connects the evidence to a claim

Topic sentences

Sentence that presents the main focus of a paragraph

Introductions

Sets tone of essay/previews how the essay will develop

Conclusions

Synthesize main points of line of reasoning