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

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

pathos

• emotional appeal; empathy

• proof; research-based support to back up reasons

• statements of support for claims

• believable; reliable; trustworthy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.6.1