Closely connected or appropiate to what is being done.
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Rhetoric
Art of persuasive writing, especially figures of speech.
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Sufficient
Enough or Adequate.
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Thesis
A subject for a composition or essay.
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Tone
Author’s attitude toward the subject.
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Inference
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
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Logos
An appeal to logic and reason.
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Pathos
An appeal to emotion.
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Point-of-view
The author’s perspective on the topic.
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Purpose
The author’s reason for writing the piece.
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Diction
The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
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Ethos
An appeal to ethics and credibility.
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Explicit
Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.
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Fallacious Reasoning
Faulty or mistaken logic.
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Fallacy
A mistaken belief, especially one based on an unsound argument.
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Claim
An assertion of something as a fact.
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Connotative
Signifying or suggestive of an associative or secondary meaning in addition to the primary meaning.
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Counterclaim
A claim made to rebut a previous claim.
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Credibility
The quality of being trusted and believed in.
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Denotative
The explicit or direct meaning or set of meaning of a word or expression as distinguished from the ideas or meaning associated with it or suggested by it.
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Annotation
Notes added to a text while participating in active reading.
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Argument
A statement, reason, or fact for or against a point.
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Audience
The person reached by a book, radio or television broadcast, etc.; public.
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Central Idea
Main point of a writing; the point the author wants you to remember the most.
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Citation
A quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in scholarly work.
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