Vocabulary One English 101 Chapter One

the process of validating a text by checking what other sources--typically online--say about it

• propaganda

• lateral reading

• assumption

• stance

an argument advancing a point of view without regard to reason, fairness, or truth

• propaganda

• lateral reading

• stance

• assumption

a belief regardedas true, upon which other claims are based

• propaganda

• lateral reading

• assumption

• stance

the writer's attitude tward the topic and the audience

• propaganda

• lateral reading

• assumption

• stance

the person or persons to whom an arugment is directed

• lateral reading

• assumption

• stance

• audience

a term used to describe arguments that are aimed not at vanguishingan opponent but at inviting otherstocollaborate in exploring mutually satisfying ways to solve a problem.

• assumption

• stance

• audience

• invitational argument

an approach to argumentation base don the principle that audiences respond best when they don't feel threatened. Stresses trust and urges thosewho disagree to find common ground.

• stance

• audience

• invitational argument

• Rogerian argument

the art of persuasion. Originated in ancient Greece as a disipline to prepare citizens for arguing cases in court.

• audience

• invitational argument

• Rogerian argument

• rhetoric

an argument that deals with actions that have occurred in the past.

• Invitational argument

• Rogerian argument

• rhetoric

• forensic arguments

an argument in which the claim specifies that something does or doesn't meet the conditionsor features set forth in a definition: Pluto is not a major planet.

• Rogerian Argument

• rhetoric

• forensic argument

• deliberative argument