SLO Vocabulary Terms Flashcards
(21 cards)
Evaluate
Examine and judge carefully. To judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of something. to assess
Analysis
The process or reslt of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another
Explicit
Clearly expressed or fully stayed in the actual text
Connotation
The range of associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to its dictionary meaning
Irony
Incongruity between the actual result of a sequence pf events and the expected result
Inference
A judgment based on reasoning rather than on a direct or explicit statement. A conclusion based on facts or circumstances.
Refutation
Countering of anticipated arguments
Juxtaposition
Placing one thing adjacent to another, especially for comparison and contrast.
Rhetoric
The art and study of effective writing and speech
Diction
Specific word choices and author makes to persuade or to convey tone
ex). “She began imitating his careful diction.”
Clause
A group of words containing at least one paired subject and predicate
Phrase
A group of words that do not contain at least one paired subject and predicate.
Ethos
Mode of persuasion requiring speakers to establish their credibility, skill, or morality on a given subject to an intended audience.
Pathos
Mode of persuasion speakers use when appealing to the various emotions of the audience, including fear, inspiration, intimidation, idealism, anger, nostalgia, despair, optimism
Logos
Mode of persuasion speakers use when appealing to the audience’s ability to distinguish, through discourse, the difference between what is reasonable or unreasonable.
Evidence
Proof coming from sources, fieldwork, and research that validates any logical support of an argument
Reasons
Statements of logic that offer support fro an arugment
Comma Splice
A type of run-on sentence in which the writer has erroneously placed only a comma between two independent clauses, resulting in a failure to link the two according to grammatical convention.
Claims
Any statements of belief that can be contested; argument
Claim of Value
A statement made to show that something is moral or immoral
Fallacy
Rationales for claims that might seem reasonable, but are actually unsound – and usually false.
