SLO Vocabulary Terms

Question 1

Evaluate

Answer 1

To judge carefully; judge worth or quantity; to assess

Question 2

Analysis

Answer 2

The process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another

Question 3

Explicit

Answer 3

Clearly expressed or fully stated in the actual text

Question 4

Connotation

Answer 4

The range of associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to its dictionary meaning

Question 5

Inference

Answer 5

A judgment based on reasoning rather than on a direct or explicit
statement! A conclusion based on facts or circumstances.

Question 6

Refutation

Answer 6

Countering of anticipated arguments

Question 7

Juxtaposition

Answer 7

Placing one thing adjacent to another, especially for comparison and contrast

Question 8

Rhetoric

Answer 8

The art and study of effective writing and speech

Question 9

Clause

Answer 9

A group of words containing at least one paired subject and predicate

Question 10

Phrase

Answer 10

A group of words that do not contain at least one paired subject and predicate

Question 11

Pathos

Answer 11

Mode of persuasion speakers use when appealing to the various emotions of the audience, including fear, inspiration, intimidation, idealism, anger, nostalgia, despair, optimism, etc.

Question 12

Ethos

Answer 12

Method of persuasion that establishes creativity, experience, and trust

Question 13

Logos

Answer 13

Mode of persuasion speakers use when appealing to the audience’s ability to distinguish through discourse, the difference between what is reasonable or unreasonable.

Question 14

Evidence

Answer 14

Proof coming from sources, fieldwork, and research that validates any logical support of an argument

Question 15

Reasons

Answer 15

Statements of logic that offer support for an argument

Question 16

Claim

Answer 16

Statement that can be argued

Question 17

Comma Splice

Answer 17

Wrongly using a comma when there should be a period

Question 18

Juxtaposition

Answer 18

Placing one thing to another for comparison

Question 19

Fallacy

Answer 19

Rationales for claims that might seem reasonable, but are actually unsound-and usually false.

Question 20

Claim of Policy

Answer 20

A statement made to endorse specific courses of action

Question 21

Claim of Fact

Answer 21

A statement made to verify the authenticity of something

Question 22

Fused Sentence

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A type of run-on sentence in which the writer has failed to make any attempt either to link or separate two independent clauses, utilizing neither punctuation, nor conjunctions

Question 23

Loosed Sentence

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A sentence structure in which a main clause is followed by subordinate phrases and clauses

Question 24

Parallelism

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The similarity of structure in a pair or series or related words, phrases, or clauses

Question 25

Periodic Sentence

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A long and frequently involved sentence marked by suspended syntax in which the sense is not completed until the final word

Question 26

Ambiguity

Answer 26

The presence of two or more possible meanings in any passage

Question 27

Concession

Answer 27

An argumentative strategy by which a speaker or writer acknowledges the validity of an opponent's point