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Closely connected or appropiate to what is being done.
Rhetoric
Art of persuasive writing, especially figures of speech.
Sufficient
Enough or Adequate.
Thesis
A subject for a composition or essay.
Tone
Author’s attitude toward the subject.
Inference
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
Logos
An appeal to logic and reason.
Pathos
An appeal to emotion.
Point-of-view
The author’s perspective on the topic.
Purpose
The author’s reason for writing the piece.
Diction
The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
Ethos
An appeal to ethics and credibility.
Explicit
Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.
Fallacious Reasoning
Faulty or mistaken logic.
Fallacy
A mistaken belief, especially one based on an unsound argument.
Claim
An assertion of something as a fact.
Connotative
Signifying or suggestive of an associative or secondary meaning in addition to the primary meaning.
Counterclaim
A claim made to rebut a previous claim.
Credibility
The quality of being trusted and believed in.
Denotative
The explicit or direct meaning or set of meaning of a word or expression as distinguished from the ideas or meaning associated with it or suggested by it.
Annotation
Notes added to a text while participating in active reading.
Argument
A statement, reason, or fact for or against a point.
Audience
The person reached by a book, radio or television broadcast, etc.; public.
Central Idea
Main point of a writing; the point the author wants you to remember the most.
Citation
A quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in scholarly work.
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