Persuasive Vocabulary Review

a group of listeners

• purpose

• point of view

• audience

• ethos

a type of persuasion using facts, evidence and statistics.

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

• bias

a type of persuasion used to attempt to evoke an emotional response in a person.

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

• bias

a type of persuasion used to convince people that something is more reliable, honest, and credible; therefore you should buy their products.

• bias

• logos

• pathos

• ethos

a tendency to lean in a certain direction, often to the detriment of an open mind.

• argument

• bias

• ethos

• purpose

a personal belief, a statement that cannot be prove true.

• opinion

• argument

• evoke

• bias

to produce or to cause to appear.

• a reflection of the opinion an individual from real life or fiction has.

• a literary technique that writers use to present their ideas through reason and logic, in order to influence the audience.

• evoke

• a statement that can be verified, independently and objectively.

A statement that can be verified, independently and objectively.

• argument

• bias

• opinion

• fact

Can refer to a physical force (like a collision), an influence (a bad role model or a hero), or a strong effect (a foot of snow will have an impact on driving conditions).

• persuasion

• impact

• purpose

• fact

to make sure or demonstrate that (something) is true, accurate, or justified.

• purpose

• verify

• convey

• viewpoint