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AP Language and Composition Quiz
Argumentation/Persuasion
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English
11th Grade
10/06/2011

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Persuasion
Definition
Presentation of ideas to compel some action
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Argumentation
Definition
Presentation of ideas to present common understanding
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Claim/Assertion/Proposition/Thesis
Definition
That which the author wants the reader to accept as true and reasonable
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Sub claims
Definition
A supplementary point
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Support/Evidence
Definition
Material used to support/explain/embellish an opinion or explanation
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Concession
Definition
Acknowledging an opponent's reasonable arguments
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Refutation
Definition
Prove wrong those arguments not reasonable
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Fact
Definition
Information that can be proven objectively to be true
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Statistic
Definition
An interpretation of numerical data
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Interview/Survey/Questionnaire
Definition
First hand information from a primary source
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Experience/Example
Definition
Information from personal experience representative of a general pattern
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Opinion
Definition
Personal interpretation of facts
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Comparison/Allusion/Analogy
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Information comparing easily accepted examples with unfamiliar subjects
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Authority/Expertise
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Information from an expert on a given subject
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Causal Relationship
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Information asserted as a result from another event
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Ethical (Ethos)
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Based on credibility of author
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Emotional (Pathos)
Definition
Appeal to emotions
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Logical (Logos)
Definition
Appeal to reason
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Inductive Reasoning
Definition
Based on a number of examples from which a conclusion is drawn *Specific to general
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Deductive Reasoning
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Based on a general principal applied to a specific case originated from inductive
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Rogerian Principal 1
Definition
People who are not convinced by reason alone
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Rogerian Principal 2
Definition
They need to feel understood before they can contemplate changing ideas
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Rogerian Principal 3
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Defensive fearful audiences resist new positions
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