SLO VOCAB

Question 1

Connotation

Answer 1

The range of associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to its dictionary meaning

Question 2

Irony

Answer 2

Incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result.

Question 3

Inference

Answer 3

A judgement based on reasoning rather than on a direct or explicit statement. A conclusion based on facts or circumstances.

Question 4

refutation

Answer 4

countering of anticipated arguments

Question 5

rhetoric

Answer 5

the art of study of effective writing and speech

Question 6

Specific word choice an author makes to persuade or to convey tone

Answer 6

diction

Question 7

clause

Answer 7

a group of words containing at lest one paired subject and predicate

Question 8

phrase

Answer 8

a group of words that do not contain at least one paired subject and predicate

Question 9

Ethos

Answer 9

Mode of persuasion requiring speakers to establish their credibility, skill, or morality on a given subject to an intended audience

Question 10

logos

Answer 10

mode of persuasion speakers use when appealing to the audience’s ability to distinguish, through discourse, the difference between what is reasonable or unreasonable.

Question 11

evidence

Answer 11

proof coming from sources, fieldwork, and research that validates any logical support of an argument

Question 12

reasons

Answer 12

Statements of logic that offer support for an argument

Question 13

comma splice

Answer 13

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.

Question 14

claim of value

Answer 14

a statement made to show that something is moral or immoral

Question 15

Fallacy

Answer 15

Rationales for claims that might seem reasonable, but are actually unsound-and usually false

Question 16

claim of fact

Answer 16

a statement made to verify the authenticity of something

Question 17

Fused Sentence

Answer 17

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 conjunctions

Question 18

Loose Sentence

Answer 18

A sentence structure in which a main clause is followed by subordinate phrases and clauses

Question 19

Parallelism

Answer 19

The similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.

Question 20

periodic Sentence

Answer 20

A long and frequently involved sentence, marked by suspended syntax, in which the sense is not completed until the final word

Question 21

ambiguity

Answer 21

the presence of two or more possible meanings in any passage