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8th grade level
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Central Idea | t is the unifying element of a story. A theme is not a summary of characters or events. Rather, it is the controlling idea or central insight of the story. |
| Fallacy | mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument. |
| Tone | the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc |
| Claim | state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof. |
| Diction | choice of words, especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness. Any of the four generally accepted levels of diction—formal, informal, colloquial, or slang |
| Rhetoric | the study and uses of written, spoken and visual language. It investigates how language is used to organize and maintain social groups, construct meanings and identities, coordinate behavior, mediate power, produce change, and create knowledge. |
| Pathos | the appeal to emotion, means to persuade an audience by purposely evoking certain emotions to make them feel the way the author wants them to feel |
| Connotation | the use of a word to suggest a different association than its literal meaning, which is known as denotation. For example, blue is a color, but it is also a word used to describe a feeling of sadness |
| Denotation | denotation of a word is its literal definition—its dictionary definition—and contains no emotion. This is in contrast to connotation, which is the subjective or associated meaning of a word |
| Logos | means to appeal to the audiences' sense of reason or logic. the author makes clear, logical connections between ideas, and includes the use of facts and statistics. Using historical and literal analogies to make a logical argument is another strategy. |
| Ethos | in rhetoric, the character or emotions of a speaker or writer that are expressed in the attempt to persuade an audience |
| Argument | academic writing, an argument is usually a main idea, often called a “claim” or “thesis statement,” backed up with evidence that supports the idea |
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