key vocab Flashcards
(30 cards)
ethos
persuasive technique: assert your own credibility
pathos
persuasive technique: appeal to the audience’s emotions
logos
persuasive technique: appeal to reason, build up a logical argument.
inference
a conclusion reached through evidence and reasoning
persuasion
a process where you try to influence another person to change their beliefs or behaviour
figurative language
language not used literally e.g similie, metaphor, personification, hyperbole.
Having mixed feelings about someone/something.
Ambivalent
To accept of agree to something, often unwillingly.
Acquiesce
Anguish
Extreme distress, pain, or anxiety.
Someone/something that is lacking in sincerity, or who is not speaking the complete truth
disingenuous
The ideal example of something
Epitome
Causing or likely to cause harm
Or
Maliciously insulting language
injurious
paradoxical
seemingly absurd or self-contradictory
substantial
not illusionary, but real and true
tedious
something tiresome because of length or dullness; boring
often accompanied by feelings of monotony/frustration
dogmatic
asserting beliefs and opinions as though they were proven facts.
credulous
having/showing too great a readiness to believe things
Showing little enthusiasm and effort.
Lackadaisical
utopia
the bestest most perfect world possible
ordinary and uninteresting
banal
liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse:
volatile
intangible
Unable to be touched/not having a physical presence
affable
friendly/easy to talk to
To go beyond the limits of what is (morally, socially, or legally) acceptable
transgress
