OnRamps Vocab #1

a question that people debate that impacts the public

• Rhetoric

• Controversy

• Stakeholder

• Claim

• Reason

the consideration of the best means to persuade an audience

• Rhetoric

• Controversy

• Stakeholder

• Claim

• Reason

groups directly affected by a controversy’s outcome

• Rhetoric

• Controversy

• Stakeholder

• Claim

• Reason

most important thing that a writer wants the audience to remember, to believe, to feel, or to do

• Rhetoric

• Controversy

• Stakeholder

• Claim

• Reason

smaller claims that the writer presents

• Rhetoric

• Controversy

• Stakeholder

• Claim

• Reason

To gain permission to go to the concert, should I promise my parents all of the chores I plan on doing or should I emphasize my good grades?

• Rhetoric

• Controversy

• Stakeholder

• Claim

• Reason

The new superintendent of HISD plans on converting libraries into behavioral correction centers for students.

• Rhetoric

• Controversy

• Stakeholder

• Claim

• Reason

The conversion of libraries into behavioral correction centers for students impacts students, parents, teachers, administrators, and book publishers.

• Rhetoric

• Controversy

• Stakeholder

• Claim

• Reason

You should go to bed early on a school day.

• Rhetoric

• Controversy

• Stakeholder

• Claim

• Reason

Going to bed early improves cognitive function throughout the day.

• Rhetoric

• Controversy

• Stakeholder

• Claim

• Reason