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Argumentative Terms

TermDefinition
Premise (Argument or Claim) The central argument or claim an author or speaker is trying to convince their audience to agree with or believe, the position a writer presents and defends.
Counterargument Contradicting or opposing views the authors discusses and proves wrong.
Supporting Details Reasons, evidence, and information that supports or proves the premise.
Target Audience The reader or 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 a strong opinions based in their personal connection and feelings about the topic.
Rhetorical Devices; Special patterns of language that emphasize ideas or stir readers' emotions.
Factual Claim A statement that is claiming to be true and can be proven.
Opinion A personal view or belief about a topic.
Assertion A forceful statement meant to evoke strong feelings, probably true but cannot be proven. *not measurable
Analogy A comparison of the relationship between two things.
Anecdote A short story about a real person or situation that is used as evidence to support a premise.
Allusion An indirect reference to a story or something well-known.
Aphorism A short and concise statement of general truth.
Epigraph A quote used at the beginning of a text to introduce the theme or main message pf the text.
Juxtaposition Placing contrasting ideas side by side to emphasize the difference between the two subjects.
Oxymoron Opposite words used side by side to describe one thing.
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