English SLO Vocab Flashcards
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 of events and the expected results
Evaluate
Examine and judge carefully. To judge or determine significance, worth, or quality of something; asses
Analysis
the process or result of identifying the pats of a whole and their relationship to one another
Explicit
Clearly expressed or fully stated in the actual text
Inference
A judgement based on reasoning rather than on a direct or explicit statement. A conclusion based on facts or circumstances
Tone
The attitude of the author toward the audience, characters, subject or the work itself
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 an author makes to persuade or to convey tone
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 speaker to establish their credibility, skill, or morality on a given subject to an untended audience
Pathos
Mode of persuasion speakers use when appearing to the various emotions of the audience, including fear, inspiration, intimidation, idealism, anger, nostalgia, despair, optimism, etc.
Reasons
Statements of logic that offer support for an argument
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
Evidence
Proof coming from sources, fieldwork, and research that validates any logical support of an argument
Claims
Any statements or belief that can be contested; argument
Claim of Value
A statement made to show that something is moral or immoral
Logos
Mode of persuasion speakers use when appealing to the audiences ability to distinguish, through discourse, the difference between what is reasonable or unreasonable
Refutation
Countering of anticipated arguments
Fallacy
Rationales for claims that might seem reasonable, but are actually unsound-and usually false
Claim of Policy
A statement made to endorse specific courses of action
Claim of Fact
A statement made to verify the authenticity of something
Fused Sentence
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 conjunction
Loose Sentence
A sentence structure in which a main clause is followed by subordinate phrases and clauses
Parallelism
The similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Periodic Sentence
A long and frequently involved sentence, marked by suspended syntax, in which the sense is not completed until the final word
Ambiguity
The presence of two or more possible meanings in any passage
Concession
An argumentative strategy by which a speaker or writer acknowledges the validity of the opponents point
