Honors Week Fifteen Vocabulary

What is the term for a formal suggestion or plan put forward for consideration or discussion?

• Persuasive

• Proposal

• Hyperbole

• Ethos

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which appeal involves convincing by the character of the author?

• Logos

• Credible

• Ethos

• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the quality of being logically or factually sound; the state of being valid?

• Validity

• Rhetoric

• Articulate

• Empirical

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which term refers to the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing?

• Rhetoric

• Claim

• Counterargument

• Fallacy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the appeal that persuades through logical reasoning?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Persuasive

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which word means expressing oneself clearly and effectively; having the ability to communicate persuasively?

• Empirical

• Articulate

• Proposal

• Claim

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the term for a mistaken belief, especially one based on an unsound argument?

• Rhetoric

• Fallacy

• Validity

• Credible

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which term involves admitting that something is true or valid after first denying or resisting it?

• Concede

• Hyperbole

• Logos

• Persuasive

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the appeal to emotion, persuading through emotions?

• Articulate

• Pathos

• Rhetoric

• Counterargument

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which term means able to be believed; convincing?

• Persuasive

• Validity

• Credible

• Proposal

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D