SLO Vocabulary Terms

Question 1

evaluate

Answer 1

examine and judge carefully. To judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of something; to assess.

Question 2

analysis

Answer 2

the process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another.

Question 3

irony

Answer 3

incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result

Question 4

connotation

Answer 4

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

Question 5

inference

Answer 5

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

Question 6

tone

Answer 6

the attitude of the author toward the audience, characters, subject or the work itself

Question 7

juxtaposition

Answer 7

placing one thing adjacent to another, especially for comparison and contrast

Question 8

rhetoric

Answer 8

the study of effective speech and writing

Question 9

diction

Answer 9

specific word choices an author makes to persuade or to convey tone
Ex: “She began imitating his careful diction.”

Question 10

phrase

Answer 10

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

Question 11

ethos

Answer 11

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

Question 12

refutation

Answer 12

countering of anticipated arguments

Question 13

clause

Answer 13

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

Question 14

pathos

Answer 14

mode of persuasion speakers use when appealing to the various emotions of the audience, including fear, inspiration, intimidation, idealism, anger nostalgia, despair, optimism, etc.

Question 15

logos

Answer 15

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 16

evidence

Answer 16

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

Question 17

reasons

Answer 17

statements of logic that offer support for an argument

Question 18

comma splice

Answer 18

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 19

claim

Answer 19

any statements of belief that can be contested; argument

Question 20

claim of policy

Answer 20

a statement made to endorse specific courses of action

Question 21

claim of fact

Answer 21

a statement made to verify the authenticity of something

Question 22

fused sentence

Answer 22

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 conjugations

Question 23

loose sentence

Answer 23

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

Question 24

parallelism

Answer 24

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

Question 25

periodic sentence

Answer 25

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

Question 26

ambiguity

Answer 26

the presence of two or more possible meanings in any passage

Question 27

concession

Answer 27

an argumentative strategy by which a speaker or writer acknowledges the validity of an opponents point

Question 28

explicit

Answer 28

clearly expressed or fully stated in the actual text

Question 29

claim of value

Answer 29

a statement made to show that something is moral or immoral

Question 30

fallacy

Answer 30

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

Question 31

Run-on Sentence

Answer 31

Two or more complete sentences joined by any means going against grammatical conventions

Question 32

modifier

Answer 32

Any adjectives, adverbs, phrases, and relative clauses used to alter the meaning of particular words or phrases within a sentence.

Question 33

Inductive Reasoning

Answer 33

Argument in which specific statements/conclusions are drawn from general principles: movement from general to specific

Question 34

syntax

Answer 34

The order and structure of a sentence

Question 35

Colloquial

Answer 35

Ordinary language, vernacular

Question 36

Prose

Answer 36

Ordinary form of written language

Question 37

Deductive Reasoning

Answer 37

Argument in which general conclusions are drawn from specific fact

Question 38

Convention

Answer 38

An accepted manner, model, or tradition used to create uniformity.

Question 39

Satire

Answer 39

A literary approach that ridicules or examines human vice or weakness.