Unit 4 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. Making clear how one’s evidence supports the claim
  2. 4. A technique that focuses on facts and statistics
  3. 10. Based on or influenced by personal feelings or opinions
  4. 11. The timeliness of information as it relates to your topic
  5. 13. The literal dictionary definition of a word
  6. 16. Prejudice in favor of or against a particular topic
  7. 17. An opposing viewpoint to offset someone else’s claim
  8. 18. The art of effective or persuasive language
  9. 20. A technique that focuses on the writer or speaker’s trustworthiness
  10. 22. Faulty reasoning; misleading argument
  11. 25. The reason or intention for the information or article
Down
  1. 1. A technique that appeals to the audience’s emotions or feelings
  2. 2. An emotion or feeling associated with a word
  3. 5. Not influenced by personal feelings; factual
  4. 6. sentence a sentence that states the main thought of a paragraph or larger portion of text and is usually placed at or near the beginning
  5. 7. A response to an opposing argument
  6. 8. Facts, testimonies, and examples that help support a claim/ reason
  7. 9. a group of statements used to persuade others to be for or against something
  8. 12. The side on which one stands on a particular issue or debate
  9. 14. The attitude of the author toward the topic
  10. 15. Reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of content
  11. 19. A formal statement from an expert or eyewitness
  12. 21. A confident statement or opinion that is able to be disputed
  13. 23. Convince or move an audience to agree with a certain viewpoint
  14. 24. A clear statement on the position one holds