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vocab 7
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Claim of Policy | A claim of policy proposes a change. |
| Ad Hominem | When the speaker abandons the argument to attack the opponent |
| Concession | Agreeing with the opposing viewpoint on a certain smaller point (but not in the larger argument). |
| Alliteration | Using words with the same first letter repeatedly close together in a phrase or sentence. |
| Deductive Reasoning | A logical process whereby the writer reasoning goes through a logical process in which a conclusion is based on the concordance of multiple premises that are assumed to be true (known as top down). |
| 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) |
| Juxtaposition | Placing two very different things together for effect. |
| Cumulative Sentence | Clarifies or qualifies an idea stated in a preceding base clause. |
| Euphemism | Referring to something with a veiled phrase instead of saying it directly |
| Exemplification | Providing examples in service of a point. |
| Oxymoron | Conjoining contradictory terms |
| Hasty Generalization | A fallacy in which a faulty conclusion is reached between inadequate evidence |
| Parallelism | Repeated structural elements in a sentence. |
| 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) |
| 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. |
| Metonymy | Using a single feature to represent the thing itself, |
| Occasion | When and where and in what situation; place, context, or current situation that created the reason for the author to write. The reason or moment for writing or speaking. |
| 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) |
| Quantitative Evidence | Quantitative evidence includes things that can be measured, cited, counted, or otherwise represented in numbers- for instance, statistics, surverys, polls, census information. |
| Bandwagon | This fallacy occurs when evidence boils down to "everyone's doing it" |
| Red Herring | Cheap ploy to divert the audience from the real or central issue to some irrelevant detail |
| 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. |
| Claim of Fact | A claim of fact asserts that something is true or not true. |
| Satire | A genre of humorous and mocking criticism to expose the ignorance and/or ills of society. |
| Circular Reasoning | A fallacy in which the writer repeats the claim as a way to provide evidence. Insufficient biased evidence |
| Anaphora | Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines (a form of parallelism). |
| Claim | A conclusion we are seeking to establish- an assertion of belief (our thesis) |
| Syntax | The way sentences are grammatically constructed. |
| Synechdoche | Referring to one part of something as a way to refer to the whole. (a type of metonmy when a whole is representd by naming one of its parts or vice versa) |
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