Final Words

Question 1

Ad Hominem

Answer 1

Directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining

Question 2

Adverbial conjunction

Answer 2

Can be used to illustrate a connection between two independent clauses

Question 3

Red Herring

Answer 3

Something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important question

Question 4

Strawman Fallacy

Answer 4

To exaggerate another person’s argument or point

Question 5

Analysis

Answer 5

A detailed explanation of anything complex in order to understand its nature or to determine its essential feautres

Question 6

Anecdote

Answer 6

A brief story used to illustrate a point or claim

Question 7

Aristotle’s triangle

Answer 7

A diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text

Question 8

Automatic ethos

Answer 8

Status that automatically brings credibility and trustworthiness to the speaker

Question 9

Bestowe(?)

Answer 9

To present as a gift; give; confer

Question 10

Bouvier, who is he

Answer 10

An American Wall Street Stockbroker and socialite

Question 11

Circular reasoning

Answer 11

A fallacy in which the argument repeats the claim as a way to provide evidence

Question 12

Claim of fact

Answer 12

A claim that asserts that something is true or not true

Question 13

Claim of value

Answer 13

A claim of value argues that something is good or bad, right or wrong

Question 14

Closed thesis

Answer 14

A statement of the main idea of the argument that also previews the major points the writer intends to make

Question 15

Complex sentence and formulas

Answer 15

A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. D, I

Question 16

Compound sentence and formulas

Answer 16

A sentence that includes at least two independent clauses. IC , CC , IC

Question 17

Conceding and refuting

Answer 17

A sentence or two acknowledging that there could be some truth to the counterargument

Question 18

Conjunctive Adverbs

Answer 18

Connects two independent clause or sentence

Question 19

Coordinating Conjunction

Answer 19

A conjunction placed between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences of equal rank

Question 20

Deduction

Answer 20

A logical process wherein you reach a conclusion by starting with a general principle or universal trust and applying it to a specific case

Question 21

Definition (argument type)

Answer 21

Focuses on clarifying a definition for a controversial term or concept

Question 22

Ethos

Answer 22

Speakers appeal to ethos to demonstrate that they are credible and trustworthy to speak on a given topic

Question 23

Ethos methods

Answer 23

The persuasive technique that appeals to an audience by highlighting credibility

Question 24

Illogical

Answer 24

Lacking sense or clear, sound reasoning

Question 25

Induction

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A logical process wherein you reason from particulars to universals, using specific cases in order to draw a conclusion

Question 26

Infinitive

Answer 26

The basic form of a verb. without an inflection binding it to a particular subject or tense

Question 27

Irony

Answer 27

A figure of speech that occurs when a character says one thing but means something else

Question 28

Lexicographer

Answer 28

An author or editor of a dictionary

Question 29

Logical fallacies

Answer 29

Potential vulnerabilities or weaknesses in an argument

Question 30

Logos

Answer 30

Speakers appeal to logos by offering clear, rational ideas and using specific details, examples, facts, statistics, or expert testimonies

Question 31

Logos methods

Answer 31

Using historical and literal analogies to make a logical argument

Question 32

Open thesis

Answer 32

One that does not list all of the points the writer intends to cover in an essay

Question 33

OPTICS

Answer 33

The branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision

Question 34

Paradoxical

Answer 34

Seeming impossible or difficult to understand because of containing two opposite facts or characteristics

Question 35

Pathos

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Speakers appeal to pathos to emotionally motivate their audience

Question 36

Pathos methods

Answer 36

To persuade an audience by purposely evoking certain emotions to make them feel the way the author wants them to feel

Question 37

Possession (apostraphe)

Answer 37

A punctuation mark that appears as part of a word to show possession

Question 38

Precedent

Answer 38

An earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequence similar circumstances

Question 39

Quantitative evidence

Answer 39

Things that can be measured, cited, counted, or otherwise represented in numbers

Question 40

Quotes (How to use them)

Answer 40

To mark something that is spoken or, in other words, to designate a direct quote

Question 41

Rhetoric

Answer 41

It is the art of finding ways of persuading an audience

Question 42

Rhetorical

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Used to persuade an audience by emphasising what they find most important or compelling

Question 43

Rhetorical triangle

Answer 43

A diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text

Question 44

Satire

Answer 44

The use of irony or sarcasm to critique society or an individual

Question 45

Second-hand evidence

Answer 45

Evidence that is accessed through research, reading, and investigation

Question 46

Subordinating conjunction

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A conjunction that introduces a subordinate clause, e.g., although, because

Question 47

Subordination

Answer 47

Placement in a lower class, rank, or position

Question 48

Syllogism

Answer 48

A logical structure that uses the major premise and minor premise to reach a necessary conclusion

Question 49

Synthesis

Answer 49

To combine two or more ideas in order to create something more complex in support of a new idea

Question 50

Thesis

Answer 50

The chief claim that a writer makes in any argumentative place of writing, usually state in one sentence

Question 51

Underline(how and when to use it)

Answer 51

Clarify an unfamiliar word Draw emphasis

Question 52

Visual texts

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An image

Question 53

Webster, who is he

Answer 53

An American lexicographer

Question 54

Worcester, who is he

Answer 54

An American missionary to the Cherokee

Question 55

Claim of policy

Answer 55

A claim of policy proposes a change