Argument Terms

Changing vocal characteristics (e.g., pitch, volume, speed) in order to emphasize ideas, convey emotion or opinion, or achieve other specific purposes

• Validity

• Tone

• Vocal Variety

• Immunity

Something composed (e.g., articles; research studies; foundational, literary, and philosophical texts; speeches, broadcasts, and personal accounts; artistic works and performances) that conveys a perspective and can be examined

• Perception

• Text

• Thesis

• Perspective

A claim or position on an issue or topic put forward and supported by evidence

• Rebuttal

• Issue

• Lens

• Thesis

 Arrangement of claims and evidence that leads to a conclusion

• Secondary Source

• Sequencing

• Solution

• Resolution

Define "lens" in terms of an argument.

•  Filter through which an issue or topic is considered or examined

• A boundary or point at which an argument or generalization is no longer valid

• involving two or more areas of knowledge

• A point of view conveyed through an argument

Primary Source

• Having to do with text, narrative, or descriptions

• The foundational and current texts of a field or discipline of study

•  An original source of information about a topic (e.g., study, artifact, data set, interview, article)

•  A condition or exception

Literature

• Having to do with text, narrative, or descriptions

• The foundational and current texts of a field or discipline of study

•  An original source of information about a topic (e.g., study, artifact, data set, interview, article)

•  A condition or exception

Qualification

• Having to do with text, narrative, or descriptions

• The foundational and current texts of a field or discipline of study

•  An original source of information about a topic (e.g., study, artifact, data set, interview, article)

•  A condition or exception

The degree to which a source is believable and trustworthy

• credibility

• context

• Evidence

• Inductive

Inductive

•  Understanding resulting from analysis of evidence

• Evidence or reasoning that is false or in error 

•  The stylistic features of writing (e.g., grammar, usage, mechanics)

• A type of reasoning that presents cases or evidence that lead to a logical conclusion