Vocab Test 3

Relevant

Closely connected or appropiate to what is being done.

Rhetoric

Art of persuasive writing, especially figures of speech.

Sufficient

Enough or Adequate.

Thesis

A subject for a composition or essay.

Tone

Author’s attitude toward the subject.

Inference

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. 

Logos

An appeal to logic and reason.

Pathos

An appeal to emotion.

Point-of-view

The author’s perspective on the topic.

Purpose

The author’s reason for writing the piece.

Diction

The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

Ethos

An appeal to ethics and credibility.

Explicit

Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.

Fallacious Reasoning

Faulty or mistaken logic.

Fallacy

A mistaken belief, especially one based on an unsound argument.

Claim

An assertion of something as a fact.

Connotative

Signifying or suggestive of an associative or secondary meaning in addition to the primary meaning. 

Counterclaim

A claim made to rebut a previous claim.

Credibility

The quality of being trusted and believed in.

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. 

Annotation

Notes added to a text while participating in active reading.

Argument

A statement, reason, or fact for or against a point.

Audience

The person reached by a book, radio or television broadcast, etc.; public.

Central Idea

Main point of a writing; the point the author wants you to remember the most.

Citation

A quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in scholarly work.