Argumentative Terms

A comparison between two different things to show that they have something in common

The use of language that is intended to have a certain effect on the audience

You state your claim and then state it again as your reasoning or evidence

Placing contrasting ideas side by side

The fallacy that if the majority is doing something, then you should do it to

what the speaker/writer wants the audience to do as a result of the speech/text/advertisement/etc.

A statement that is thought or commonly taken as the truth, but it might not necessarily be true.

an argument that might appear to be logical but is actually based on a faulty assumption

a claim based on info that can be proven to be true

something false or flawed