Academic Vocab - Argue/Persuade

Annotation

• notes added to a text while participating in active reading

• the main idea of a writing; the point the author wants you to remember most

• the quality of being trusted and believed in

Argument

• an appeal to ethics and credibility

• the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing

• a statement, reason, or fact for or against a point

Audience

• a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work

• the persons reached by a book, radio or television broadcast, etc.

• the quality of being trusted and believed in

Central/Main Idea

• the main idea of a writing; the point the author wants you to remember most

• an assertion of something as a fact

• a subject for a composition or essay

Citation

• the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing

• a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work

• a claim made to rebut a previous claim

Claim

• the main idea of a writing; the point the author wants you to remember most

• faulty or mistaken logic

• an assertion of something as a fact

Connotation

• signifying or suggestive of an associative or secondary meaning in addition to the primary meaning

• a mistaken belief, especially one based on an unsound argument

• a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

Counterclaim

• an appeal to logic and reason

• an appeal to emotions

• a claim made to rebut a previous claim

Credibility

• the quality of being trusted and believed in

• the author's perspective on the topic

• the author's reason for writing the piece

Denotation

• the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing

• the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression

• a statement, reason, or fact for or against a point