Cobb Unit 3 Vocab Practice

Front

Claims and reasons to persuade others about an action or idea's rightness or wrongness.

Back

argument

Front

Appeal to audience's emotions or senses

Back

pathos

Front

Appeal to audience's logic and reasoning

Back

logos

Front

Appeal using speaker's credibility to persuade.

Back

ethos

Front

A statement asserting something to be true.

Back

claim

Front

Hints in text that help understand unfamiliar words.

Back

context clues

Front

Opposing position in an argument

Back

counterclaim

Front

Admission in an argument that the opposing side has valid points.

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concession

Front

Supports a position in an argument; includes facts, stats, expert opinions, examples, anecdotes.

Back

evidence

Front

Reasoning to disprove an opposing point

Back

refutation