Unit 3 Vocab: Argumentative Writing and Animal Farm

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A speech or writing that praises someone highly, typically after death.

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Eulogy

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The art of effective or persuasive speaking/writing, using figures of speech and compositional techniques.

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Rhetoric

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Opposition to an idea or theory in another argument.

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Counterargument

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Giving rise to public disagreement.

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Controversial

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Appeal to ethics; convincing via authority or credibility.

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Ethos

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Appeal to emotion; convincing an audience through emotional response to a plea or story.

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Pathos

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Appeal to logic; persuading with reason, facts, and figures.

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Logos

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A short story illustrating a moral lesson, featuring anthropomorphized animals and a simple conflict with resolution.

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Fable

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A story, poem, or picture revealing a hidden meaning, often moral or political.

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Allegory

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Faulty reasoning; misleading or unsound argument.

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Fallacy