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Vocabulary Words
ENGL 102 Voc Words
Term | Definition |
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Style | a distinctive appearance, typically determined by the principles according to which something is designed |
Logos | a literary device that shows logical reason and provides a well-supported argument |
Text | a piece of communication as a whole |
Pathos | a quality that causes feelings and emotions |
Genre Conventions | audience expectations that help you recognize how texts are commonly designed |
Purpose | the reason something is done, created, or exists |
Ethos | deals with a person’s or text’s credibility and trustworthiness |
Proposal | describes the scope of a project and how it will be completed |
Aural mode | focus on sound |
Rhetoric | is the study of making texts that effectively persuade an audience towards change |
Medium | is the way your text reaches your audience |
Rhetorical analysis | method of describing the context in which an author wants to communicate his or her purpose or call for action to the intended audience in a genre |
Spatial mode | physical arrangement |
Fair use | principle that permits limited use of copyrighted material without acquiring permission from the person who holds the rights |
Emphasis | stressing of a word or a group of words to give it more importance |
Multimodal | the combination of multiple ways of communicating in everyday life |
Contrast | the difference between elements in which the combination of those elements makes one element stand out from another |
Audience | the intended readership for a text |
Visual mode | the use of images and other features that readers see |
Gestural mode | the way movement, such as body language, can have meaning |
Linguistic mode | use of language which usually means written or spoken words |