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Rhetoric terms 1
A list of key terms for an english compostition class
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English
Undergraduate 1
08/30/2013

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Argument
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discourse intended to persuade; a coherent series of statements leading from a premise to a conclusion
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Thesis
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statement a position or proposition that a person (as a candidate for scholastic honors) advances and offers to maintain by argument
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Claim
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To assert in the face of possible contradiction
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Ethos
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the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution;
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Pathos
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an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion
an emotion of sympathetic pity
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Logos
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reason that in ancient Greek philosophy is the controlling principle in the universe
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Reason
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a statement offered in explanation or justification
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Proof
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the cogency of evidence that compels acceptance by the mind of a truth or a fact
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Warrant
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belief system or value of the speaker/writer not necessarily present in the thesis but inferred or implied; value or principle; an assumption
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Fallacy
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Fallacies occur when the claims, warrants, and/or evidence in it are invalid, insufficient, or disconnected.
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Exigent
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requiring immediate aid or action
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Counterargument
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opposite, exact opposite, retaliatory
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Rebuttal
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to contradict or oppose by formal legal argument, plea, or countervailing proof
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Rhetoric
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The art of speaking or writing effectively .
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Rhetoric triangle
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Ethos: Ethics, character, writer/speaker; sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution;

Pathos: Emotions, appeal for pity, sympathy; Audience, listener, viewer

Logos: Message, logic/reason
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