Academic Vocab #1 Quiz

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• Annotation

• Inference

• Tone

• Pathos

The explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word (the dictionary definition).

• Fallacy

• Denotative

• relevant

• audience

The author's reason for writing the piece.

• Citation

• Purpose

• Thesis

• Argument

An assertion as something as fact.

• Claim

• Diction

• Logos

• Sufficient

Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.

• counterclaim

• Central Idea

• Explicit

• Relevant

An appeal to ethics and credibility.

• Pathos

• Logos

• Cronos

• Ethos

An appeal to logic and reason

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Cronos

An appeal to emotions

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Cronos

A statement, reason or fact for or against a point.

• Fallacious Reasoning

• Connotative

• Argument

• Annotation

The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

• Credibility

• Inference

• Point of View

• Rhetoric