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ELEMENTS OF PERSUASIVE TEXT

  • The argument
  • Claim
  • Premise
  • Incorrect premise
  • Support
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THE ARGUMENT

  • A claim supported by reasons and evidence
  • Synonym-Synonyms: altercation, argle-bargle [chiefly British], argy-bargy [chiefly British], battle royal, bicker, brawl, contretemps, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, dispute, donnybrook, falling-out, fight, hassle, imbroglio, kickup, misunderstanding, quarrel, rhubarb, row, scrap, set-to, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle
  • I had a argument with my brother over who's going to take out the trash
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CLAIM

  • The writers position on a problem or an issue.
  • Synonyms-Synonyms: call, dibs, pretense (or pretence), pretension, right
  • He claims a connection to British royalty.
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PREMISE

  • The general principle on which the writers claim is based
  • Synonym-Synonyms: given, hypothetical, if, postulate, assumption (also premiss), presumption, presupposition, supposition
  • The company leases part of the premises to smaller businesses.
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INCORRECT PREMISE

  • A faulty idea that si used as the foundation of an argument
  • Synonyms: mistaken, wrong, all wet, full of it
  • I was wrong about my cousin being a lier
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SUPPORT

  • The reasons and evidence to back up the claim
  • Synonyms: brace, buttress, mount, mounting, prop, reinforcement, shore, spur, stay, underpinning
  • The senator says that he supports the proposed legislation.
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LOADED TERMS

  • Words with strongly positive or negative connotations to stir people's emotions; a term or phrase that has strong emotional overtones and that is meant to evoke strong reactions beyond the specific meaning
  • Synonyms: brimful, brimming, bursting, chockablock, chock-full (or chockful), crammed, crowded, fat, filled, jammed, jam-packed, full, packed, stuffed
  • He said he didn't know the gun was loaded.
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RHETORICAL FALLACIES

  • An argument that is not sound but still may be convincing
  • Synonyms: bombastic, flatulent, fustian, gaseous, gassy, grandiloquent, oratorical, orotund, windy
  • the new governor delivered a long rhetorical speech about our state's bright future but laid out no specific programs for ensuring it
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LOGICAL FALLACIES

  • An error in responding
  • Synonyms: analytic (or analytical), coherent, consequent, good, rational, reasonable, sensible, sound, valid, well-founded, well-grounded
  • Since she helped us before, it's logical to assume that she'll help us again.
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LITERAY LANGUAGE AND DEVISES

  • Metaphor
  • Extended metaphor
  • Simile
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METAPHOR

  • To create a a visual image
  • Synonyms: conceit
  • “it's raining cats and dogs” is just a colorful metaphor and not a meteorological announcement
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EXTENDED METAPHOR

  • A metaphor in which the comparison is carried through several lines or even the entire literary work
  • Synonyms: figurative, figural, metaphoric (or metaphorical), tropical, tropological
  • the word “snake” in its extended sense refers to a contemptible or treacherous person
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SIMILE

  • Makes a comparison between two unlike things using like or as
  • No synonym
  • Examples of SIMILE “She's as fierce as a tiger” is a simile, but “She's a tiger when she's angry” is a metaphor.
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IMAGERY

  • The use of language to create mental images and sensory impression used for emotional effects and to intensify the impact on the reader
  • No synonym
  • The movie was full of biblical imagery.
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APHORISM

  • A concise statement of a general truth or principle
  • Synonyms adage, saying, apothegm, byword, epigram, maxim, proverb, saw, sententia, word
  • When decorating, remember the familiar aphorism, “less is more.”
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COMPLEX INFERENCE IN TEXT

  • Drawing conclusion
  • Complex inference
  • Subtle inference
  • Cause and effect
  • Problem and solution/(compare and contrast
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DRAWING CONCLUSIONS

  • A form of inference in which the reader gathers information consider the general thoughts or ideas that emerge from the information and comes to a decision the conclusion is generally based on more than one piece of information
  • Synonyms cartoon, delineation, sketch
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COMPLEX INFERENCE

  • Goes beyond the explicit text. A complex inference can be a subtle inference
  • Synonyms facility, establishment, installation
  • Examples of COMPLEX She has a complex about her appearance.
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SUBTLE INFERENCE

  • Is one in which the bits of information are not as easily connected
  • Synonyms beguiling, cagey (also cagy), crafty, cunning, cute, designing, devious, dodgy [chiefly British], foxy, guileful, scheming, shrewd, slick, sly, artful, tricky, wily
  • When it comes to giving criticism, sometimes it's best to take a subtle approach.
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CAUSE & EFFECT

  • The even that happens first is the cause; the one that follows is the effect
  • Synonyms antecedent, causality, causation, occasion, reason
  • I'm willing to donate money as long as it's for a good cause.
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PROBLEM & SOLUTION

  • A pro let is started and analyzed, then one or more solutions are proposed
  • Synonyms case, challenge, knot, matter, nut, trouble
  • There are a few problems with your argument.
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COMPARE AND CONTRAST

  • Identify similarities and difference of 2 or more subject
  • Synonyms analogize, assimilate, bracket, equate, liken
  • The singer's voice has been compared to that of Elvis.
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