Terms Quiz (Argument)

literal definition of an argument

an effort to further a view with a claim backed by a reason or reasons and support; a claim and a reason/support

define 3 main components in Toulmin’s model

claim, support (evidence/premise), and warrant (assumption or big picture statement)

what is the goal of Rogerian method

to achieve common ground

examples of support

data/statistics, personal experience, hypothetical example, witness testimony, anything that persuades an audience to accept the claim as valid

warrants can be either conscious or unconscious

true

what is rhetorical analysis

focuses on how we feel about a situation — injecting style for a claim or value of fact

what is referential analysis

only attends to the ideas being presented, doesn’t care about how you feel about something or the emotion of the author/speaker