Unit 5 Vocabulary

Analogy

• belief or appeal to the masses because it's all about getting people to do or think something because “everyone else is doing it” or “everything else thinks this.”

• a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

• the assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play, movie, concert, or meeting.

• Argumentative text refers to text that takes a position about an idea or topic.

Argumentative text

• the assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play, movie, concert, or meeting.

• belief or appeal to the masses because it's all about getting people to do or think something because “everyone else is doing it” or “everything else thinks this.”

• Argumentative text refers to text that takes a position about an idea or topic.

• a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

audience

• the assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play, movie, concert, or meeting.

• belief or appeal to the masses because it's all about getting people to do or think something because “everyone else is doing it” or “everything else thinks this.”

• a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

• Argumentative text refers to text that takes a position about an idea or topic

Bandwagon appeals

• belief or appeal to the masses because it's all about getting people to do or think something because “everyone else is doing it” or “everything else thinks this.”

• the assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play, movie, concert, or meeting.

• Argumentative text refers to text that takes a position about an idea or topic.

• a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

Circular Logic

• the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.

• when someone makes an argument in which both the premises and the conclusion have to rely on the truthfulness of the other.

• belief or appeal to the masses because it's all about getting people to do or think something because “everyone else is doing it” or “everything else thinks this.”

• the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.

Context

• the assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play, movie, concert, or meeting.

• when someone makes an argument in which both the premises and the conclusion have to rely on the truthfulness of the other.

• the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.

• the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.

Evidence

• the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid

• the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.

• when someone makes an argument in which both the premises and the conclusion have to rely on the truthfulness of the other.

• belief or appeal to the masses because it's all about getting people to do or think something because “everyone else is doing it” or “everything else thinks this.”

Paraphrase

• the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.

• the attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject.

• takes the process of summarizing one step further.

• express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.

Tone

• express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.

• takes the process of summarizing one step further.

• the attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject.

• the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.

Synthesize

• express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.

• the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.

• the attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject.

• takes the process of summarizing one step further