Unit 3 Vocab

Argument is

• the process of proving a position or idea; this must include claims, evidence, and reasoning.

• fighting with others on social media.

• an assumption that the audience agrees with, which serves as the basis for the claim.

• facts, statistics, studies, or anecdotes that prove a claim is true.

_______ is an assertion that supports a thesis statement.

• Claim

• Premise

• Evidence

• Reasoning

______ is an assumption that the audience agrees with, which serves as a basis for a claim.

• Argument

• Claim

• Reasoning

• Premise

Evidence is ___________

• use of logic to draw conclusions, make predictions, or develop explanations that prove a claim to be true.

• facts, statistics, studies, or anecdotes that prove a claim to be true.

• an assertion that supports a thesis statement.

• an assumption that the audience agrees with.

_______ is the use of logic to draw conclusions, make predictions, or develop explanations that prove a claim is true.

• Reasoning

• Evidence

• Premise

• Argument

_____ to be aware (of)

• transgress

• cognizant

• disenfranchisement

• impunity

The definition of disenfranchisement is _______

• the state of being deprived of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote.

• to violate a law, a command or moral code; to sin.

• the act of hurting or harming someone because they have hurt or harmed you.

• the majority

________ is the state of being alienated or separated from someone in feeling or affection.

• Impunity

• Transgress

• Estrangement

• Ominous

Exemption from punishment is _____________.

• Ominous

• Paradoxical

• Impunity

• Prerogative

Suggesting evil or harm; foreboding is ___________.

• Cognizant

• Impunity

• Plurality

• Ominous