NON FICTION Terms
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MissMaggieQ on November 1, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Ad hominem | Author attacks the arguer rather than the argument |
| Ambiguity | Openness to different interpretations |
| Ethos | Appeal relying on the credentials of the speaker |
| Logos | Appeal to logic or reason |
| Pathos | Appeal to emotions |
| Begging the question | Assuming the claim is true |
| Ad populum | Others believe it to be true, so it must be correct. AKA appeal to popularity. |
| Bandwagon | A popular trend that attracts growing support |
| Post Hoc | A came before B, therefore, A caused B |
| Biased Sample | Basing a conclusion on a prejudiced sample |
| Red Herring | irrelevant material intended to distract attention from the main issue |
| Circumlocution | The roundabout manner of referring to something at length rather than naming directly |
| Cliche | An over-worn expression |
| Narration | Explaining what happened |
| Description | Sensory details |
| Illustration or support | Examples or reasons for it |
| Definition | The meaning of the word |
| Analysis | The system of breaking down something into it's parts and characteristics |
| Classification | The system of categorizing something |
| Analogy | Comparing an object, person, place or idea to something else more familiar to the reader |
| Cause and effect analysis | The system of figuring out why something happened and the results it had. |
| Process Analysis | By looking at how something works and analyzing it that way |
| Device | Any literary technique used to deliberately achieve a specific effect |
| Dialect | A distinctive variety of a language, spoken only by members of an identifiable regional group or social class |
| Diatribe | An abusive way of writing |
| Diction | Choice of arrangement of words. |
| Style | Individual manner that an author expresses his or her thoughts and feeling |
| Epiphany | A sudden realization |
| Paraphrase | A restatement in different words, to clarify the original meaning |
| Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning |
| Tone | The writer/speaker's attitude |
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