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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Analyze | To break down into parts in order to understand the whole. |
| Periodic Sentence | A long, complex, grammatically correct sentence. The main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause. It's effective when it's used to arouse interest and curiosity, to hold an idea in suspense before its final revelation. |
| Fragment Sentence | Incomplete sentences. They usually lack a subject, predicate, or an agreement between the two. |
| Circular reasoning | A fallacy in which the writer repeats the claim as a way to provide evidence. Insufficient biased evidence |
| Closed thesis | is a statement of the main idea of the argument that also previews the major points the writer intends to make. |
| Antecedent | A noun to which a pronoun refers. |
| Bandwagon Appeal | This fallacy occurs when evidence boils down to "everyone's doing it" |
| Interrogative Sentence | Asks a direct question and aways ends in a question mark. |
| Personification | Giving human characteristics to a nonhuman object or idea. |
| Exemplification | Providing examples in service of a point. |
| Claim of fact | asserts that something is true or not true. |
| Anaphora | Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines (a form of parallelism). |
| Asyndeton | A writing style where conjunctions are omitted in a series of words, phrases or clauses. It is used to shorten a sentence and focus on its meaning. (not connected) |
| Compare | to bring both similarities and differences with the emphasis on similiarities. |
| Imperative sentence | A sentence that requests or commands. |
| Polysyndeton | A literary technique in which conjunctions (e.g. and, but, or) are used repeatedly in quick succession, often with no commas, even when the conjunctions could be removed. (bound together) |
| Claim of value | argues that something is good or bad, right or wrong. |
| Claim of fact | asserts that something is true or not true. |
| Declarative sentence | simply states a fact or argument without requiring either an answer or action from the reader. You punctuate your declarative sentences with a simple period. |
| Euphemism | Referring to something with a veiled phrase instead of saying it directly |
| Purpose | The author's persuasive intention. |
| Rhetoric | The use of spoken or written word (or a visual medium) to convey your ideas and convince an audience. The art of finding ways to persuade. |
| Implication | When something is suggested without being concretely stated. |
| Subject | The topic of a text. What the text is about. |
| Syntax | The way sentences are grammatically constructed. |
| Inductive reasoning | Logical process in which multiple premises, all believed true or found true moste of the time, are combined to obtatin a specific conclusion (known as bottom up) |
| Audience | Who the author is directing his or her message towards |
| Synthesis | Combining sources or ideas in a coherent way in the purpose of a larger point. |
| Quantitative Evidence | includes things that can be measured, cited, counted, or otherwise represented in numbers- for instance, statistics, surverys, polls, census information. |
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