Argumentative Writing Vocabulary

To influence a reader to adopt a certain position or belief.

• Persuasion
• Rhetoric
• Purpose
• Point of View

The main point of a piece of writing, often stated in a thesis statement or topic sentence.

• Central Idea
• Inference
• Persuasion
• Purpose

Using language that shows that the writer is trustworthy and believable to persuade a reader to accept a claim.

• Ethos
• Pathos
• Logos
• Persuasion

Using emotional language that is designed to draw the reader in and make them feel for you.

• Pathos
• Ethos
• Logos
• Central Idea

Using studies, data, charts, illustrations, and logic to support your position and claims.

• Logos
• Pathos
• Ethos
• Inference

An author's purpose is his reason for or intent in writing. 

• Purpose
• Rhetoric
• Inference
• Central Idea

the process of drawing of a conclusion based on the available evidence plus previous knowledge and experience.

• Inference
• Persuasion
• Rhetoric
• Point of View

A mental position from which things are considered.

• Point of View
• Central Idea
• Purpose
• Rhetoric

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

• Rhetoric

• Persuasion

• Purpose

• Central Idea