English 12 VOCABS

Rhetoric

The art of persuasion

Rhetorical Analysis

Way of evaluating a text to determine how an author is trying to persuade.

Rhetorical Situation

The context of an argument/text

Logic

The study of correct reasoning

Validity

Whether an argument is structured correctly

Truth

Whether a statement is reality

Claim

A statement that expresses an idea, belief, or argument.

Presupposition

Something we assume is true without stated directly

Implification

Conclusion/result that follows from something

Connotation

An emotional/cultural meaning beyond its definition

Denotation

The literal meaning or the meaning taken from the dictionary

Logos

Appeal to reason and evidence

Pathos

Appeal to emotions and values

Ethos

Appeal to credibility and characters

CONFIRMING an argument

Provide strong evidence and reasoning

REFUTING an argument

Expose the weakness or flaws

Prosopopeia

Giving a face to something that is not human

Anaphora

Repeating the same words at the beginning

Sarcasm

Saying the opposite of what you mean

Apostrophe

Addressing someone or something not present

Epistrophe

Repeating the same words at the end of clauses

Parallelism

Similar grammatical structure for balance

Telos

The purpose (goal or aim)

Worldview

The lens through which we view the world

Prime Reality

Whats of utmost importance in existence

External Reality

The way things are around us

Truth

According to reality

Presupposition

Information thats assumed to be known or understood

Pluralism

The condition of multiple race, religions, etc