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18 Cards in this Set
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persuasive
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using language or visual images to get you to believe or do something
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testimony
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recommendation or information provided by an expert on the topic presented in the proposal
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sufficient
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enough evidence to support the claim
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effective
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each claim is supported by 2 or more pieces of evidence
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author's purpose
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the main reason the author is creating a piece of writing
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relevant
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information that is directly related to the claim
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claim
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a statement that something is true, even though there might not be proof yet
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evidence
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the information used to support the author's claim
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statistic
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percentages or numbers related to the topic
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tone
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author's attitude toward the topic
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argument
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an attempt to persuade others to agree with an idea or course of action
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anecdote
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short, personal stories related to the topic
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proposal
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a plan written in order to persuade the reader to solve a specific problem in a specific way
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author's point of view
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what the author thinks, feels, or believes about a topic
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evaluate
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to judge and consider an author's argument, claims, and evidence
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citation
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includes the author's last name and page number in parentheses at the end of a sentence with ideas that came from a source |
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paraphrase
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putting someone else's ideas into your own words and giving them credit by introducing the source and citing it |
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direct quote
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copying word for word what someone else said or wrote, but still giving credit to the source through an introduction and citation |
