26-...... Flashcards
Tone
Attitude of writer toward a subject or audience
Process analysis
Step by step breakdown of a process
Syntax
How you arrange the text/language
Provocative diction
Purposeful choice of words serving to provoke or excite a provocative question
Classification
Act or process of classifying something according to shared characteristics
Understatement
Trying to decrease the intensity of a situation
Colorful diction
Purposeful word choice that will serve to accentuate meaning and tone
Counter argument
Set of reasons to oppose another argument
Claim
Somebody gives an argument to support their position
Evidence
Appears diff in diff essays in form of paragraphs and quotations
Warrant
Holds argument together// links evidence to claim
Fallacy
Erroneous argument upon an unsound or illogical contention
Logical fallacy
Pattern of reasoning/ thinking rendered invalid by a flaw in its logical structure
Prophecy
Forecasts future. More of a religious connotation. Uncertain about time
Prediction
Forecast made by those who calculate the parameters of the subject in loved after evaluation of the odds they can predict the future