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LA U4 Academic Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Argumentative Techniques | Used to convince audiences to accept a position, adopt a stance, or take action using a thesis, claims, evidence, opposing claims, rebuttals, logical reasoning, and conclusions |
| Bias | A personal, social, or ideological preference that prevents an author from maintaining an objective or neutral viewpoint |
| Conflicting Information | Contradictory details, facts, or reasoning within or between sources |
| Dialect | A specific form of language spoken by a particular group or region that shows cultural background, setting, or characterization |
| Disciplinary Texts | Texts with specialized structures, conventions, and norms unique to a specific discipline such as literature, science, or history |
| Expository Techniques | Methods used to provide information, explain ideas or processes, or analyze concepts using facts, statistics, evidence, and logical conclusions |
| Fallacy | An error in reasoning that weakens an argument because it relies on poor logic, false assumptions, or misleading evidence |
| Genre | A category used to classify texts such as fiction, nonfiction, fantasy, biography, or personal essay |
| Historical Context | The historical, political, cultural, religious, or social conditions during the time a text was written that help explain its meaning |
| Mood | The overall emotional atmosphere a text creates for the reader through setting, imagery, diction, and tone |
| Narrative Devices | Specific tools authors use to create effects in a story such as figurative language or literary devices |
| Narrative Techniques | Methods used to construct story elements like plot, dialogue, characters, setting, theme, style, and point of view |
| Opposing Viewpoints | Ideas or perspectives that disagree with or challenge the author’s viewpoint |
| Perspective | The author’s or speaker’s point of view expressed through their argument in a text |
| Purpose | The reason the author created the text and what they hope to accomplish with the audience |
| Reception | How audiences interpret and react to a text based on their experiences, knowledge, and connections |
| Rhetoric | The art of effective communication used to persuade or influence an audience |
| Rhetorical Devices | Techniques such as anaphora or rhetorical questions used to strengthen persuasion or emphasize ideas |
| Rhetorical Situation | The communication context including the speaker or writer, audience, purpose, message, and context |
| Technical Texts | Texts created to educate a specific audience about technical subjects often used in industries or professional fields |
| Text Features | Elements like titles, headings, captions, diagrams, and indexes that make information easier to access and understand |
| Tone | The author’s attitude toward the subject or audience expressed through word choice and style |
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