Academic Vocabulary Flashcards
What is Controversy?
A public debate or dispute concerning a matter of opinion.
what is an argument?
Facts or reasoning offered to support a position as being true.
What is a claim?
A writers statement or opinion about a topic.
What are reasons?
The points that explain why the author is making a certain claim.
What is evidence?
The information that supports or proves an idea or claim.
What is research?
Locates information from a variety of sources.
What is a citation?
Gives credit to the authors of sources found information.
What is plagiarism?
Taking and using as your own the words and ideas of another.
What does it mean to be credible?
To be trusted or believed by someone.
What does it mean to be relevant?
Closely connected to the matter at hand.
What does sufficient mean?
It is an adequate for the purpose of supporting a claim or reason.
what is tone?
A writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject.
What does it mean to have formal style?
A style of writing or speaking that is appropriate for formal communication such as in academics.
What does Rhetorical Appeals mean?
The use of emotional, ethical, and logical arguments to persuade in writing or speaking.
What does logos mean?
A rhetorical appeal to reason or logic through statistics, facts, and reasonable examples.
What does Pathos mean?
A rhetorical appeal to the readers or listeners senses or emotions through connotative language and imagery.
