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nonfiction test
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bias | prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair |
| deductive reasoning | Pick apart everything and get a solution |
| ethos | persuasion by making the audience believe the story |
| logos | persuasion by logic, reasoning |
| parallelism | Using the rhetorical device, a writer emphasizes the equal value or weight of two or more ideas by expressing them in the same grammatical form. |
| Pathos | Persuasion based on arousing emotions |
| Primary source | describe source material that is closest to the person, information, period, or idea being studied |
| Repetition | Intentional reuse of a sound, word, phrasal or sentence |
| Source | noun from which something comes or can be obtained |
| Extemporaneous speech | Prepared and rehearsed ahead of time |
| Impromptu speech | requires no advance preparation |
| Thesis | statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved. |
| Inductive reasoning | Laid out for you. From detailed facts to general principles. generalization |
| Propaganda | ways of persuading the audience |
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