WRTG150 Final

Logical Fallacies

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Rhetorical Devices

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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