SLO Vocab Terms

Question 1

Evaluate

Answer 1

To judge carefully; judge worth or quality; to assess

Question 2

Analysis

Answer 2

Process of identifying parts and their relationship to each other

Question 3

Explicit

Answer 3

Clearly expressed or fully stated

Question 4

Connotation

Answer 4

The associations that a word or phrase has other than its meaning

Question 5

Irony

Answer 5

Incongruity between result of event and expected result

Question 6

Inference

Answer 6

Judgement based on reason rather than explicit statement

Question 7

Refutation

Answer 7

Countering of anticipated arguments

Question 8

Rhetoric

Answer 8

Study of effective writing and speech

Question 9

Diction

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Clause

Answer 10

Group of words with paired subject and predicate

Question 11

Ethos

Answer 11

Method of persuasion that establishes credibility, experience, and trust

Question 12

Pathos

Answer 12

Method of persuasion used to appeal to emotion, including fear, inspiration, intimidation, idealism, anger, nostalgia, despair, optimism.

Question 13

Evidence

Answer 13

Proof from sources and research that validates an argument

Question 14

Logos

Answer 14

Method of persuasion that appeals to logic and reason

Question 15

Reasons

Answer 15

Statements of logic that support argument

Question 16

Claim

Answer 16

Statement that can be argued

Question 17

Comma splice

Answer 17

Wrongly using a comma when there should be a period

Question 18

Juxtaposition

Answer 18

Placing one thing next to another for comparison

Question 19

Claim of Value

Answer 19

A statement made to show that something is moral or immoral

Question 20

Fallacy

Answer 20

Rationales for claims that sound reasonable but are unsound and typically false

Question 21

Claim of Policy

Answer 21

Statement that endorses specific actions

Question 22

Claim of Fact

Answer 22

Statement that verifies authenticity

Question 23

Fused Sentance

Answer 23

Run-on sentence where two independent clauses are placed in the same sentence with no punctuation or conjunctions.

Question 24

Loose Sentence

Answer 24

Sentence structure where main clause is followed by subordinate phrases and clauses.

Question 25

Parallelism

Answer 25

Similarity of structure in related words, phrases, or clauses.

Question 26

Periodic Sentence

Answer 26

Long and involved sentence with many suspended syntax, first part doesn’t make sentence until second part is added

Question 27

Ambiguity

Answer 27

Two or more possible meanings in a passage

Question 28

Concession

Answer 28

Acknowledges the opposing point of view is valid