Argumentative Vocabulary Test

ethos

• emotional appeal; empathy

• the credibility of the speaker; experience, professional

• a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument

• having nothing to do with the subject

pathos

• emotional appeal; empathy

• proof; research-based support to back up reasons

• statements of support for claims

• believable; reliable; trustworthy

logical fallacy

• having nothing to do with the subject

• a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

• explains why a counterclaim is wrong and/or weaker than the opposing view

• weaknesses in an argument

logos

• learning toward one way of thinking, in favor of one thing over another

• an appeal based on logic or reason

• an alternative or opposing view to central claim

• statements of support for claims

fallacy

• a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument

• a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

• the credibility of the speaker; experience, professional

• learning toward one way of thinking, in favor of one thing over another

relevant

• emotional appeal; empathy

• a set of reasons (and evidence) to convince others of an idea

• closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand

• explains why a counterclaim is wrong and/or weaker than the opposing view

irrelevant

• an alternative or opposing view to central claim

• believable; reliable; trustworthy

• having nothing to do with the subject

• ideas that make sense

bias

• weaknesses in an argument

• something that can be proven to be true

• ideas that make sense

• learning toward one way of thinking, in favor of one thing over another

opinion

• a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

• ideas that make sense

• a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument

• emotional appeal; empathy

logical

• ideas that make sense

• a set of reasons (and evidence) to convince others of an idea

• statements of support for claims

• an arguable statement that expresses a writer's or speaker's viewpoint