CARS MCAT Flashcards
(23 cards)
what does ascertain mean?
find out
what does fluff mean?
irrelevant
what does rhetoric mean?
the art of effective communication
what does persuasion mean?
the attempt to influence others to adopt to particular beliefs or to engage in certain behaviours
what is rhetoric analysis?
the examination of speech or writing that goes beyond what the author is saying
what does jargon mean?
technical words and phrases that belong to a particular field
what does genre mean?
the particular category to which the written work belongs
meaning of persuasion
to get you to believe something
define inferences
assumptions (UNSTATED evidence) or implications (UNSTATED conclusion)
meaning of refutations
action of proving something is WRONG
what does bolster mean?
offer support or strengthen
meaning of skepticism
doubt on the truth of something
meaning of triage
mostly used in the health care system
Those who are severely ill and in a dangerous situation, skip the line and see the doctor FIRST
contrary?
on the OPPOSITE
dichotomies
divisions of entities into two categories
notwithstanding, critique words indicate?
refutations!
connotations of a word?
meaning of a word BEYOND its basic meaning
author is being “ambivalent”?
feeling BOTH ways
impartiality?
having no strong option one way or another
hedging
qualifying language - set limits
archaeology
study of human remaining material
linguistic
study of language and its structure
anthropology
what makes us human
