Vocab Words

2. A personal story told in a way that explains or describes something else. (EX: anecdotal evidence could be a personal experience that you’ve had that is used to prove your claim.)
3. Making a claim that contradicts (goes against) someone else’s claim.
7. A strategy that appeals to to the audiences emotions, logic/reasoning, and ethic.
9. A type of rhetorical appeal that taps into the audience’s sense of ethics. The speaker or writer wants you to trust them and feel that they are credible so that you will do what they want.
10. To argue against a claim

1. A device (tool) used by speakers and writers to try to persuade their audience to their way of thinking
4. A rhetorical appeal used to tap into the audiences emotions
5. A short snippet of a play or story
6. The rate at which you can accomplish a task without interruption - such as speaking a foreign language or reading a text.
8. A type of rhetorical appeal that taps into the audience’s sense of logic and reasoning. This where you would have evidence - real world examples, statistics/data, etc.