SLO Vocabulary Terms

Question 1

Connotation

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Explicit

Answer 2

Clearly stating something

Question 3

Evaluate

Answer 3

To give something value; to judge somethings worth

Question 4

Analysis

Answer 4

Process of identifying parts and their relationship to each other

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

Irony

Answer 6

When something happens the opposite of what is expected

Question 7

Refutation

Answer 7

Countering of anticipated arguments

Question 8

Rhetoric

Answer 8

The art and 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

Tone

Answer 10

The attitude of the author toward the audience character, subject or the work

Question 11

Juxtaposition

Answer 11

Placing one thing adjacent to another especially for comparison and contrast

Question 12

Clause

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Phrase

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Ethos

Answer 14

An appeal to the authority or credibility of the author

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

Pathos

Answer 16

Mode of persuasion speakers use when appealing to the audience’s emotions

Question 17

Evidence

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Reasons

Answer 18

Statements of logic that offer support for an argument

Question 19

Claim

Answer 19

A statement that can be backed by evidence

Question 20

Comma Splice

Answer 20

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