CRM 3.1 Vocab

The most important idea in a text is called:

• Topic

• Point

• Central Idea

• Big Idea

A word part added to the beginning of another word to change its meaning is called

• Prefix

• Suffix

• Root Word

• Top Part

A word part added to the end of another word to change its meaning is called:

• Prefix

• Suffix

• Root Word

• Bottom Part

The main part of a word is called:

• Prefix

• Suffix

• Root Word

• Middle Part

What is credibility?

• Giving credit to someone

• Being trustworthy

• Being suspicious

• Being smart

A type of argument that oversimplifies or misrepresents someone’s viewpoint; Example: “Vegans are so against animal cruelty, that they think owning a pet is wrong! If it were up to them, they’d take your pet from you and release it into the wild!”

• Strawman

• Slippery Slope

• Hasty Generalization

• Ad Hominem

A type of rhetorical appeal that uses the audience’s emotion in order to persuade them; example: “Imagine coming home from school one day only to find that while you were there, some foreign military dropped a bomb on your house. This is the reality of war. We must learn to resolve issues peacefully.”

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Inductive

A type of logical reasoning that looks at patterns, it begins with a specific pattern and moves to a more general pattern of reasoning, similar to deductive reasoning. Example: “All my grandparents have gray hair. Therefore, all old people must have gray hair.”

• Deductive

• Inductive

• Abductive

• Pathos

The author’s purpose or reason for writing is called:

• Intent

• Porpoise

• Extent

• Goal