Persuasive Speech Vocab

Question 0

Claim

Answer 0

Specific point you are proving, includes your thesis and facets of your thesis

Question 1

Thesis

Answer 1

Overall point you are proving

Question 2

Counterclaim/ counterargument

Answer 2

Alternate perspective and/or opposing viewpoint against the thesis or claim

Question 3

Rebuttal

Answer 3

Reasoning to show why counterclaim is deficient

Question 4

Logos

Answer 4

Appeal to logical reasoning

Question 5

Ethos

Answer 5

Establish credibility by citing

Question 6

Pathos

Answer 6

Appeal to emotion of audience

Question 7

Anecdote

Answer 7

Brief story used to make a point

Question 8

Aphorism

Answer 8

Catchphrase designed to make a point or illustrate common belief

Question 9

Allusion

Answer 9

Reference that creates symbolic meaning

Question 10

Syllogism

Answer 10

Form of deductive reasoning/subtle argument

Question 11

Situational irony

Answer 11

Outcome is opposite of what is expected

Question 12

Dramatic irony

Answer 12

Audience knows something character doesn’t

Question 13

Verbal irony

Answer 13

Literal meaning is different from intended meaning

Question 14

Nostalgia

Answer 14

Desire to return in thought or fact to a former time

Question 15

Litote

Answer 15

Ironic statement where something is not its opposite

Question 16

Motif

Answer 16

Recurrent device or situation

Question 17

Anaphora

Answer 17

Repetition of same word or phrase at beginning of sentences

Question 18

Imagery

Answer 18

Sensory details that evoke feelings with figurative language

Question 19

Euphemism

Answer 19

Substitution of mild ideas with blunt ones

Question 20

Tone

Answer 20

Authors attitude

Question 21

Mood

Answer 21

Feeling the author tried to evoke in audience

Question 22

Hyperbole

Answer 22

Ironic exaggerated overstatement