Vocab Test 3

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Relevant

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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