WRTG150 Final
Logical Fallacies
STUDY ON LIST
Rhetorical Devices
STUDY ON LIST
Connotation
a feeling associated with a word
Exigence
a need to say something, reasoning behind what you're saying
Topic Sentence
a sentence that states the topic of a paragraph
Personal Narrative
an informal style of writing where you're writing a personal story
Pathos
appeal to emotion
Logos
appeal to logic, making an argument
Peer-Reviewed Source
articles reviewed by experts
Mindfulness (in writing specifically)
being aware of yourself as you're writing and the audience you're writing to
Counterclaim
bring up arguments made against your argument
Logical Progression
build-up of paper, logic that builds on each other
Close Reading
careful reading that is attentive to organization, figurative language, sentence structure, vocabulary, and other literary and structural elements of a text
Strong Introduction
hook, qualification, thesis, rationale
Denotation
literal meaning of a word
Third-Person
narrator is outside story
Enumeration
numbered list
Syntax
order things come in
Ethos
persuasive technique of using a credible source
Transitional Phrases
phrases used between paragraphs to change
Writing Process
planning/prewriting, drafting, revising, editing - (research throughout process on research papers)
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Rhetor
someone who uses persuasion to get to an audience
Strong Conclusion
synthesis, transcending your thesis
Kairos
timeliness of an argument (opportune moment for something, such as MLK's speech)
Conciseness
using only necessary words, avoiding repetition
Cognitive Dissonance
when you believe two ideas that don't seem like they belong together
Rhetorical Analysis
when you look at the way someone spoke and how they influenced you
Loaded Language
words that cause big emotional reactions