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P&ATT&LD
| Term | Definition | |
|---|---|---|
| Premise (argument or claim) | the central argument or claim an author or speaker is trying to convince their audience to agree with or believe. | |
| counterargument | contradicting or opposing views the author discusses and proves wrong. | |
| Supporting Details | reasons, evidence, and information that supports or proves the premise | |
| target audience | the reader or the group of people the writer or speaker is trying to convince | |
| Bias | When the writer or speaker has a subjective point of view, they have strong opinions based in their personal connection and feelings about the topic. | |
| RHETORICAL DEVICES: | SPECIAL PATTERNS OF LANGUAGE READERS' EMOTIONS | THAT EMPHASIZE IDEAS OR STIR |
| •Factual claim | A statement that is claiming to be true and can be proven | Ex- 90% of Americans reported eating fast food. |
| •Opinion | a personal view or belief about a topic | Ex- I think.... Mary believed... |
| •Assertion | A forceful statement meant to evoke strong feelings, probably true but cannot be proven "not measurable" | Ex- all students would rather sleep than come to school |
| •Analogy | a comparison of the relationship between two things | Ex-Bob was oil and Jack was water. They dix not share any of the same interest. |
| •Ancedote | A short story about a real person or situation that is used as evidence to support a premise | Ex- a story about someone who lost their teeth to cavities might be told to a child to get them to brush their teeth |
| •allusion | an indirect reference to a story or something well-known | Ex- he is a Real Romeo |
| •aphorism | a short and concise statement of general truth | Ex- Time waits on no man |
| •Epigraph | a quote used at the beginning of a text to introduce the theme or main message of the text | Ex- "Fire and Ice" is used at the beginning of Eclipse. |