Argument Vocab

Front

Using language effectively to please or persuade

Back

Rhetoric

Front

Quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Credibility

Front

Principles of right and wrong

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Morals

Front

Code of morals practiced by someone

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Ethics

Front

Appeal to logic, reasoning, facts, statistics

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Logos

Front

Appeal to emotion, creating an emotional response (sadness, anger, pity, happiness, etc)

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Pathos

Front

Appeal to ethics, credibility, and trustworthiness

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Ethos

Front

Favoritism for one side (often unfair)

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Bias

Front

Opinion opposing another position

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counterclaim

Front

Confident statement of fact or belief (argument, claim)

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assertion