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Unit 7 Vocabulary
Argumentative
Term | Definition |
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Anecdote | a short personal story used to make or support a larger point, usually in the beginning of an argumentative text |
Arugment | a discussion involving different points of view; debate |
Argumentative text | a text in which the writer develops and defends a position or debates a topic using logic and persuasion |
Audience | the intended target group for a message |
Claim | a position on a topic or issue |
Credibility | the quality of having reliable, trustworthy, and believable characteristics/ information |
Evidence | specific details or facts that support an inference or idea |
Plagiarize | to present the ideas or word of another as one’s own without crediting the source |
Primary source | a source from when an event occurred and created by someone who was present at the event (for example a diary or autobiography) |
Secondary source | a source that has information based on a primary source, but was written at a later time by someone one not involved (for example a biography) |
Sterotyping | a mistaken idea or belief many people have about a thing or group (it is often considered to be unkind or rude) |