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RAT Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| thesis | central idea the writer is trying to persuade the reader to believe |
| assertion | main argument that supports the thesis |
| evidence | data, info, and knowledge used to support an argument |
| commentary | explanation of the evidence's relevancy to the assertions |
| anaphora | one of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression is repeated for effect at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences |
| anecdote | short, often autobiographical, narrative told to achieve a purpose such as to provide an example, an illustration, or a thematic truth |
| anticipation | anticipating opposing arguments or a reader's reactions |
| authority | arguments that draw on recognized experts or persons with highly relevant experience are said to rest on authoritative backing or authority |
| call to action | when the writer or listener is encouraged to take action |
| concession | to accept an opposing argument as true, valid, or accurate |
| emotional appeal | a rhetorical/persuasive technique used to evoke compassion, anger, or any other emotion to achieve an intended purpose |
| logical appeals (logos) | an attempt to argue based in logical relationships a reader will find hard to refute |
| parallelism | repetition of a grammatical structure in which ideas or parts of an idea are similarly developed or arranged |
| pathos | quality in a real situation or in a literary work which evokes sympathy and feelings of sorrow/pity, usually indicating a helpless suffering caused by outside forces |
| point of view | whether first, second, third, or omniscient, an author's stance affects his or her relationship with the topic and audience |
| connotation | set of associations that occur to people when they hear or read a word |
| denotation | dictionary meaning of a word |
| diction | word choice |
| refutation | to prove wrong by argument or evidence; show to be false or erroneous |
| refute | to argue against |
| rhetorical question | question used for persuasion, to which the answer is obvious and usually only one answer is possible |
| tone | writer's attitude toward the audience and subject |
| deductive logical structure | a general to specific logical structure; the conclusion about particulars follows necessarily from general or universal premises |
| ethical appeals (ethos) | credibility or trustworthiness that the author establishes in his/her writing |
| inductive argument structure | a specific to general logical structure; specific observations or experiences lead to general understandings |
| syntax | the physical arrangement of words in a sentence that affect pace and intensity |
| affiliation | the author's stated or implied membership of or allegiance with a group |
| asyndeton | lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words |
| implied thesis | the central idea of the writer that is NOT stated directly |
| listing | to record a series of phrases, ideas, or things for the purpose of overwhelming the opposition's stated or anticipated arguments |
| logic markers | transitional words; the use of words to show the logical relationships between ideas |
| polysyndeton | the repetition of conjunctions in a series of coordinate words, phrases, or clauses |
| rapport | the relationship an author tries to develop with his or her audience relation marked by harmony, conformity, accord, or affinity |
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