Nonfiction Vocab Review Part 1

What is a position on a topic that is supported by reasoning and evidence?

• Argument

• Evidence

• Concession

• Refutation

What are the techniques a writer or speaker uses to persuade his or her audience?

• Logos

• Pathos

• Persuasive Appeals

• Ethos

Which persuasive technique appeals to an audience's emotions?

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Evidence

What is a speaker's or writer's specific appeal to the audience to respond to the speaker's persuasive goal?

• Call to Action

• Concession

• Evidence

• Claim

What is the reasoning a writer uses to disprove an opposing point or perspective?

• Ethos

• Refutation

• Logos

• Pathos

What is the focus statement of an argument or text that presents the major topic or subject?

• Evidence

• Central Claim / Main Idea

• Pathos

• Logos

What is a strategy in which the writer recognizes the opposing side's positions or opinions?

• Concession

• Refutation

• Call to Action

• Persuasive Appeals

What term describes the thing or things helpful in forming a conclusion or in proving a judgment?

• Ethos

• Argument

• Evidence

• Claim

Which persuasive technique appeals to an audience's sense of logic?

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Logos

• Claim

Which persuasive technique appeals to an audience's sense of morality or trust?

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Argument