Argument /rhetorical Appeals

Question 0

Assertion

Answer 0

Categorical statement which generalizes an opinion about human nature

Question 1

Anecdote

Answer 1

Very brief story told to illustrate a point (the letter that lebron wrote)

Question 2

Claim

Answer 2

The main point of the argument (anything)

Question 3

Concession

Answer 3

An acknowledgement or admission

Admit

Question 4

Conclusion

Answer 4

That which the premises allegedly support

Question 5

Data

Answer 5

Evidence supporting the claim (examples you give in an essay)

Question 6

Fallacy

Answer 6

Use of faulty logic or poor arguments

Question 7

Implication (to imply)

Answer 7

A logical relation (speakers imply)

Question 8

Inference

Answer 8

Reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence (listeners or readers infer)

Question 9

Qualify

Answer 9

To modify, limit, or restrict

Question 10

Rebuttal

Answer 10

The act of offering a contrary argument

Question 11

Refute

Answer 11

To successfully argue against an argument (comes after a rebuttal, shut down someone’s argument)

Question 12

Ethos

Answer 12

Appeal of speaker or writer to his or her own credibility (experience)

Question 13

Logos

Answer 13

Appeal to logic

Question 14

Pathos

Answer 14

Appeal to emotion