Persuasive Techniques

When something tries to remind you of a happy, past event, the author is appealing to your sense of ____________________.

• understatement
• overstatement
• nostalgia

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A position of strong feeling for or against an issue may mean you have a ____.

• evidence
• bias
• ethos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Something that someone thinks but cannot be proved is a/an

• Plot
• Dream
• Fact
• Opinion

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Statistics, expert opinion, research findings and anecdotes are all examples of

• personal views
• evidence
• humor

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

A counter argument is

• what the writer believes
• An argument against the claim
• what the author is writing about
• part of a poem

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CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

When writers use positive, vague words to convince readers of something, such as when a product is labeled "all natural," they are using ___________________  ____________________

• nostalgia
• ethos appeal
• glittering generalities

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

False causality is _____.

• something that sounds pragmatic (use a dictionary!) and always is
• ideas that are repeated over and over
• basing a claim on erroneous (use a dictionary!) statements like, "if I only eat two meals a day, I will not be overweight."

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CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

_______________ is an error in reasoning.

• Overstatement
• Repetition
• Fallacious reasoning

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CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

A statement that makes things seem less that they actually are _______________.

• overstatement
• nostalgia
• understatement

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

This term means an appeal to emotion.

• pathos
• logos
• ethos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5