quality that appeals to pity or sadness; impels an audience to act

• ethos

• pathos

• lagos

• sympathy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

the art of using language effectively and persuasively

• rhetoric

• ethos

• thanos

• stymie

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

to hinder, block, or thwart

• burgeon

• concession

• stymie

• interrupt

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

to grow rapidly or flourish

• stymie

• thor

• embellish

• burgeon

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

an acknowledgement that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable

• polemic

• concession

• loki

• ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

an aggressive argument that tries to establish the superiority of one opinion over all others

• odin

• ethos

• stymie

• polemic

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

persuasive appeal based on the character or projected character of the speaker or writer

• ethos

• lagos

• pathos

• hawkeye

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

means of persuasion by demonstration of logical proof, real or apparent

• pathos

• hogun

• logos

• ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily, embellished with rhetoric; florid or high-flown; ostentatious

• Ornate
• pathos
• Stymie
• Parallelism

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

lacking in physical attractiveness; not beautiful; unattractive; not having elegance, refinement, or cultivation; proper or suited to the home or to ordinary domestic life; plain; unpretentious

• Homely
• Rhetoric
• Burgeon
• Archaic diction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D