WorksheetsArgument & Persuasion Terms
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is a claim?
Author's position on issue; statement about what's good/true or what should be done
statements that support the claim
Opposite opinion of a claim.
Support for the reasons offered; helps to convince audiences to accept claims.
What are reasons?
ethos, pathos, logos
statements that support the claim
Response to a counterargument
appeal to credibility - using credible, trusted sources
What is evidence?
Response to a counterargument
Support for the reasons offered; helps to convince audiences to accept claims.
appeal to credibility - using credible, trusted sources
appeal to logic and reason - using facts, statistics
What is a counterargument (or counterclaim)?
Claim, Reasons, Evidence, Counterclaim, Rebuttal
statements that support the claim
Support for the reasons offered; helps to convince audiences to accept claims.
Opposite opinion of a claim.
What is a rebuttal?
A statement about what's true/good or about what should be done/believed; the writer's position on an issue.
statements that support the claim
Response to a counterargument
The opposite opinion of a claim
What are the five main parts of an argument?
Claim, Reasons, Rhetorical Appeals, Purpose, Currency
Ethos, Pathos, Logos, Claim, Rhetorical Appeals
Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose
Claim, Reasons, Evidence, Counterclaim, Rebuttal
What are rhetorical appeals?
The methods used to persuade; ethos, pathos, and logos
How you tell if an author is credible or not
The opposite opinion of a claim
The response to a counterargument
What is ethos?
Appeal to credibility - using trusted sources, expert opinions
Appeal to logic - using facts and statistics
Appeal to emotion - for example, using emotional stories or language
What is logos?
Appeal to logic - using facts/statistics
Appeal to emotion - using emotional stories or language for example
Appeal to credibility - using expert opinions, trusted sources
The opposite opinion of your claim
What is pathos?
Appeal to logic - using facts or statistics
Appeal to emotion - using emotional stories or language for exampe
Appeal to credibility - using expert opinions, trusted sources
The opposite opinion of a claim
What does CRAAP refer to?
Checking a source for its: Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose
Checking a source for its: Casualness, Relevance, Arrogance, Ailment, and Potential
Checking a source for its: Carelessness, Regulation, Assonance, Arrogance, Purpose
Checking a source for its: Credibility, Rank, Answers, Ability, Potential
What is author bias?
When an author favors one side and doesn't consider the evidence of the other side
When an author uses valid evidence to support his or her claims
When an author uses data as evidence
When an author is fair and objective
What is a logical fallacy?
An appeal to credibility
An error in reasoning that undermines an argument
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
An appeal to logic
What is propaganda?
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
An error in reasoning that undermines an argument
A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion
A fallacy that occurs when a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea.
What is a red herring?
A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion
A fallacy that occurs when a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea.
Jumping to a conclusion based on one instance or example.
a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute
What is a straw man fallacy?
A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion
A fallacy that occurs when a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea.
Jumping to a conclusion based on one instance or example.
a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute
What is a hasty generalization?
a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute
Jumping to a conclusion based on one instance or example.
If A happens, then eventually B, C,..., X, Y, Z will happen, too. So, if we don't want Z to occur, A must not be allowed to occur either.
Assumes that if 'A' occurred after 'B' then 'B' must have caused 'A.'
What is ad hominem?
Attacking the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute
If A happens, then eventually B, C,..., X, Y, Z will happen, too. So, if we don't want Z to occur, A must not be allowed to occur either.
Jumping to a conclusion based on one instance or example.
Assumes that if 'A' occurred after 'B' then 'B' must have caused 'A.'
What is a circular argument?
Restates the argument (in a different way) rather than actually proving it.
Attacking the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute
Jumping to a conclusion based on one instance or example.
Appeal to logic or reasong
What is the post hoc fallacy?
If A happens, then eventually B, C,..., X, Y, Z will happen, too. So, if we don't want Z to occur, A must not be allowed to occur either.
Appeal to emotion
Appeal to logic
Assumes that if 'A' occurred after 'B' then 'B' must have caused 'A.'
What is a slippery slope fallacy?
Attacking the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute
Appeal to emotion
If A happens, then eventually B, C,..., X, Y, Z will happen, too. So, if we don't want Z to occur, A must not be allowed to occur either.
Appeal to logic
What is bandwagon?
playing on audience's deep-seated fears; making them think disaster will happen if they don't believe, do, or buy something
Appeal to logic
Appeal to credibility
Makes the appeal that "everyone else is doing it, and so should you."
What is fear (when used as propaganda)?
Makes the appeal that "everyone else is doing it, and so should you."
playing on audience's deep-seated fears; making them think disaster will happen if they don't believe, do, or buy something
Appeal to logic and reason
Appeal to emotion
