Literature Definitions

3. a credible or believable source.
6. A method of persuasion that's designed to create an emotional response in the reader by connecting to the audience's values, needs
7. A source from the time in which an event being studied occured and created by someone who was present at the event
11. a viewpoint that opposes an author's thesis or claim
13. an incorrect or problematic argument that is not based on sound reasoning
15. A text in which the writer develops and defends a position or debates a topic using logic and persuasion

1. specific details or facts that support an inference or idea
2. The intended target group for a message
4. A method of persuasion that is based on the writer or speaker appealing to the audience's sense of intelligence and logic by using facts, statistics, research, etc.
5. any written or digital communication exchanged between two or more people in the form of a letter, e-mail, fax, etc
8. a response to an opposing argument that aims to disprove or contradict it
9. an act of searching for information or knowledge about
10. The reason an author writes about a particular topic
12. restate the meaning of something in different words.
14. a reference to the author's name, title of work, date published, publisher, etc