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TermDefinition
Argumentative Techniques Used to convince audiences of the merits of a particular position, to adopt a specific stance, or to take decisive action (e.g., defensible thesis, supportive claims, credible evidence, opposing claims, rebuttals, logical lines of reasoning)
Bias A personal, social, or ideological preference that prevents an author from maintaining a balance, objective, or neutral viewpoint.
Conflicting Information Contradictory facts, details, and reasonings.
Dialect Specific form of language spoken by a particular group or in a particular region that can show cultural background, setting, or characterization.
Disciplinary Texts Texts with specialized structures, conventions, norms, and habits that are unique to a discipline. For example, English Literature is a discipline with texts such as novels, poetry, plays, and short stories.
Expository Techniques Used to provide information, explain concepts and processes, or present analyses (e.g., focusing on a central idea, providing evidence and examples, presenting a logical conclusion, incorporating facts, statistics, testimony, data).
Fallacy An error in reasoning that weakens an argument; fallacies sound convincing but are based on poor logic, false assumptions, or misleading evidence (e.g., getting less than an A on your test will ruin your chances of going to college).
Genre Specific categories used to classify texts (e.g., fiction, non-fiction, fantasy, biography, personal essay, etc.)
Historical Context The context of a text formed by the historical, political, religious, cultural, and/or social events that establish the time period in which the text was written and help support the analysis of the text.
Mood The overall feeling or emotional atmosphere that a literary work creates for a reader through choices such as setting, imagery, diction, and tone.
Narrative Devices Specific tools or mechanisms that authors use to achieve a specific or intended effect (e.g., literary devices, figurative language).
Narrative Techniques Methods used to craft the larger elements of a story such as plot, dialogue, setting, theme, style, characters, and point of view.
Opposing Viewpoints Viewpoints that are in opposition to or contrast with the author’s viewpoint on a topic or subject.
Perspective A point of view, usually the author’s, conveyed through their argument in a text.
Purpose The reason a text exists; it is what the author or speaker hopes to accomplish through the text and why the audience is willing to engage with the text.
Reception An audience’s reaction and interpretation of a text that is influenced by multiple factors such as the audience’s personal history, background knowledge, and connections to additional texts and events.
Rhetoric The art of effective communication, largely characterized by the specific techniques to influence the audience and to create a desired effect.
Rhetorical Devices Specific techniques or figures of speech that are used in writing or speech to enhance persuasion, emphasize ideas, or create memorable effects. (e.g., anaphora, rhetorical question).
Rhetorical Situation The context surrounding any act of communication, consisting of the speaker/writer, audience, purpose, context, and the message.
Technical Texts Texts that are used for technical purposes to educate an intended audience. The texts may be associated with certain industries, services, or businesses.
Text Features Elements that are used to increase reliability and accessibility of information in texts (e.g., titles, layout, headings, sub-headings, captions, diagrams, table of contents, bibliographies, indexes, etc.).
Tone The way authors express their attitude towards the content, subject or audience of a text.
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