Unit 2 Vocabulary Review

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Author's Purpose

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The author's reason for or intent.

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Point

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Facts or evidence that supports a claim.

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Counterpoint

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Acknowledging standpoints that goes against the argument.

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Rhetorical Appeals

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Methods of an argument that make it persuasive

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Ethos

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Ethical persuasion, appealing to a person's personal values

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Pathos

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Using emotion to persuade.

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Logos

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Using logic, facts, statistics to persuade

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Logical Fallacies

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Errors in reasoning that are based on poor logic

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Connotation

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a feeling or idea that a word creates in addition to its actual meaning

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Denotation

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the dictionary's definition of a word