Week 4

Question 1

Common ground

Answer 1

Shared beliefs, values, or positions. An author may use this to appeal to the reader’s pathos. Make the reader feel like the author and he/she has something in common. An example might be in using the first person, such as “We all come from a mother’s womb, therefore, we all know how important a woman’s role is.”

Question 2

Concession

Answer 2

A thing that is granted, especially in response to demands; a thing conceded. This applies to arguments in which you concede that there is a different view point other than your own. You would the refute the validity of this other view point.

Question 3

Connotation

Answer 3

That which is implied by a word, as opposed to the word’s literal meaning

Question 4

Context

Answer 4

Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning. AKA the blurb about the author and time period before a passage

Question 5

Counterargument

Answer 5

A challenge to a position; an opposing argument

Question 6

Credible

Answer 6

Worthy of belief; trustworthy

Question 7

Declarative sentence

Answer 7

A sentence that makes a statement

Question 8

Deduction

Answer 8

Reasoning from general to specific

Question 9

Denotation

Answer 9

The literal meaning of a word; its dictionary definition

Question 10

Diction

Answer 10

Word choice