Unit 4 Vocabulary

Figurative language that makes comparisons in unexpected ways. To show similarities in process or in structure.

• Analogy

• Anecdote

• Context

• Evidence

Short narrative that relates an interesting or amusing incident, usually to make a point.

• Audience

• Anecdote

• Circular Reasoning

• Credibility

A text in which the writer develops and defends a position or debates a topic using logic and persuasion.

• Author's Purpose

• Bandwagon Appeals

• Analogy

• Argumentative Text

The intended target group for a message.

• Bias

• Audience

• Claim

• Evidence

The reason an author writes about a particular topic; the reason an author includes particular details, features, or devices in a work.

• Faulty Reasoning

• Claim

• Circular Reasoning

• Author's Purpose

A persuasive technique used in media messages that appeals to the "everyone is doing it" mentality

• Bandwagon Appeal

• Bias

• Juxtaposition

• Epigraph

A particular inclination, feeling, or opinion about a subject that is often preconceived or unreasoned.

• Credibility

• Bias

• Context

• Key Ideas

A logical fallacy in which an assumption is made in a definition or argument that includes the very point that one is trying to prove.

• Circular Logic/Reasoning

• Claim

• Juxtaposition

• Loaded Language

An assertion, position, or arguable thesis about a topic.

• Counter Argument

• Context

• Claim

• Credibility

A viewpoint that opposes an author's thesis or claim.

• Audience

• Analogy

• Faulty Reasoning

• Counter Argument