Vocabulary Test #2 Review

the author’s attitude toward the subject

• Rhetoric

• Tone

• Diction

• Pathos

Sufficient

• the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of

  figures of speech and other compositional techniques

• the author’s perspective on the topic

• enough; adequate

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

faulty or mistaken logic

• Fallacious reasoning

• Ethos

• Inference

• Explicit

a subject for a composition or essay

• Ethos

• Thesis

• Diction

• Fallacy

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

• Purpose

• Ethos

• Diction

• Thesis

an appeal to ethics and credibility

• Pathos

• Logos

• Ethos

• Legos

a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument

• Fallacy

• Fallacious Reasoning

• Ethos

• Tone

Rhetoric

• the author’s perspective on the topic

• closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand

• a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

• the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of

  figures of speech and other compositional techniques

stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt

• Tone

• Ethos

• Explicit

• Thesis

closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand

• Diction

• Pathos

• Rhetoric

• Revlevant