Vocabulary Unit 4 Argumentative and Persuasive Text

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Argumentive text

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

Claim

An assertion, possition or arguable thesis about a topic or specific details or fact that supposrt an idea or issue

Circular logic/ reasoning

An aurgument that uses the idea to prove itself

Bias

a feeling about a subject that is full of emotion an lasks logic

faulty reasoning

a logically incorrect argument that is not supported by facts

Rhetorical device

a technique that a write uses to influence or persuade an audience

bandwagon appeal

a technique that appeals to the "Everyone is doing it" mentality

Countrargument

a viewpoint that opposes an author's thesis or claim

Reliable Source

adible or belivable source of imformation

logical fallacy

an incorrect argument based on bad information or reasoning

Evisence

specifi details or facts that support an idea

Credibility

the quality of having trustworthy and unbiased information

loaded language

words with strong emotional meanings


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