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22 Cards in this Set
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Description
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Captures the sense of an experience
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Narration
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relates events
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Compare and Contrast
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presents similarities and differences
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Cause and Effect
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identifies reasons and results
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Definition
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limits meaning
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illustrates ideas
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Process analysis
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explains experiences step by step
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Classification and division
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establishes categories
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Persuasion and argument
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Convinces readers
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According to our textbook, what is an argument?
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An attempt to change or reinforce someone's opinion, or move someone to take action
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According to the Greeks, there are 3 factors found in an effective argument. Name and define them.
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Logos- logic pathos- emotion ethos- ethics |
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How does an effective argument use these 3 factors?
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It blends logos, pathos and ethos
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What is a thesis statement?
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The main point in expository writing
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The writer then supports the thesis with?
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Evidence
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Two different reasoning processes can be used in an argument structure.
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1)Inductive reasoning- goes specific to general 2)Deductive reasoning- goes general assumptions to specific conclusion |
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Logical fallacies are...
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Common mistakes in reasoning
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What is an Ad Hominem argument? What does it translate to?
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Literally means "To the man"
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Overgeneralization results when?
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They draw a conclusion from insignificant or unrepresentative evidence.
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Oversimplification is to...
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Ignore essential information from which a conclusion is drawn.
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What is faulty either/or reasoning?
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Type of oversimplification in which a writer assumes only two alternatives, black or white, when there are others including grey.
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What is Post Hoc argument?
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Latin phrase that means "After this, therefore because of this." The assumption that one event causes another simply because the second follows the first in time.
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Define non-sequitur.
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In Latin it means "It does not follow." Its a conclusion that does not logically follow from its premises.
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