Unit 4 Vocabulary #1

a close examination and interpretation of a work to gain understanding of its meaning and features that extends beyond summary or description

• analysis

• appeal

• evidence

• false dilemma

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

marking a text with notes and/or comments

• credibility

• evidence

• annotating

• audience

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

in rhetoric, the means of persuasion in an argument. According to Aristotle, there are three fundamental appeals to convince a person: reason (logos), ethics (ethos), and emotion (pathos).

• diction

• drawing conclusions

• appeal

• reading

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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

• argumentative text

• expository text

• opinion

• author's point

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

the intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium

• audience

• genre

• inference

• paraphrase

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

the reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze, etc.); the reason an author includes particular details, features, or devices in a work

• appeal

• conclusion

• viewpoint

• author's purpose

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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

• debate

• bias

• claim

• author's purpose

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

an assertion, position, or arguable thesis about a topic or issue

• logical fallacy

• claim

• source

• bias

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

a technique used in argumentation wherein a writer/speaker acknowledges a point made by the opposition in order to establish understanding of the issue from various angles and enhance credibility

• claim

• logos

• concession

• non-sequitur

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

the words, sentences, or passages that precede or follow a specific word, sentence, or passage

• context

• rebuttal

• opinion-based

• diction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6