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Ad hominem fallacy — a rhetorical fallacy in which the intent is to attack the character or circumstance of the proponent of the position to distract from the argument. This personal attack is intended to devalue the claim without regard for the evidence
Annotating — marking a text with notes and/or comments Appeal — in rhetoric, the means of persuasion in an argument. According to Aristotle, there are three fundamental appeals to convince a person: reason (logos), ethics (ethos), and emotion (pathos).
Argumentative text — a text in which the writer develops and defends a position or debates a topic using logic and persuasion Audience — the intended group for a message, regardless of the medium
Author’s purpose — the reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze, etc.); the reason an author includes particular details, features, or devices in a work
Bias — a particular inclination, feeling, or opinion about a subject that is often preconceived or unreasoned
Citation — a reference to the author’s name, title of work, date published, publisher, and/or page numbers of quoted or paraphrased text in a shortened in text notation or in a longer bibliographic entry
Claim — an assertion, position, or arguable thesis about a topic or issue Concession — a technique used in argumentation wherein a writer/speaker acknowledges a point made by the opposition in order to establish understanding of the issue from various angles and
Counterargument — a viewpoint that opposes an author’s thesis or claim; addressing and rebutting counterarguments are essential in persuasive writing and speaking
Credibility — the quality of having reliable and trustworthy characteristics which may be influenced by an author having expertise on a topic, using unbiased and
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