Unit 4 Vocabulary Test

Figurative language that makes comparisons in unexpected ways. Its purpose is to show similarities in process or structure.

• Author's Purpose

• Argumentative Text

• Analogy

• Anecdote

A short narrative that relates an interesting or amusing incident is usually used to make a larger point.

• Anecdote

• Audience

• Analogy

• Bias

A text in which the writer develops and defends a position or debates a topic using logic and persuasion.

• Analogy

• Anecdote

• Audience

• Argumentative Text

The intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium.

• Audience

• Argumentative Text

• Anecdote

• Analogy

The reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze, etc.) is also the reason an author includes particular details, features, or devices in a work.

• Bias

• Author's Purpose

• Bandwagon Appeals

• Circular logic/reasoning

A persuasive technique used in media messages that appeals to the "everyone is doing it" mentality is called?

• Claim

• Circular Reasoning

• Bandwagon Appeals

• Bias

An assertion, position, or arguable thesis about a topic or issue.

• Claim

• Bias

• Counter-arguments

• Audience

A particular inclination, feeling, or opinion about a subject that is often preconceived or unreasoned.

• Lies

• Sugarcoating

• Bias

• Appeal

The words, sentences, or passages that precede, follow, or surround a specific word, sentence, or passage are called

• Claim

• Digital Text

• Context

• Credibility

The quality of being reliable and trustworthy, which may be influenced by an author's expertise on a topic, using unbiased and accurate reasoning, evidence, and sources to support ideas, and providing current and up-to-date information.

• Editing

• Evidence

• Juxtaposition

• Credibility