Across
- 4. The act or an instance of placing two or more things or concepts side by side often to compare or contrast or to create an interesting effect.
- 8. The people giving or likely to give attention to something.
- 12. Something neglected, left out, or left undone.
- 13. An assertion or proposition which forms the basis for a work or theory.
- 17. A book or document used to provide evidence in research.
- 18. “He sent a birthday party invitation email to me.”
- 19. A linguistic tool that employs a particular type of sentence structure, sound, or pattern of meaning in order to evoke a particular reaction from an audience.
- 21. The action of proving a statement or theory to be wrong or false.
- 25. “His ________ on the claim is wild.”
- 27. An argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument.
- 29. A refutation or contradiction.
Down
- 1. Parts of a text that draw the reader's attention to important information.
- 2. A fallacy that concludes that a proposition is true because many people believe that it is.
- 3. Words that have a positive or negative emotional "charge" in addition to their literal meaning.
- 5. An argument that may sound convincing or true but is actually flawed.
- 6. Cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something.
- 7. An argument is logically sound and well-supported with strong evidence and reasoning.
- 9. A general idea or rule and apply it too widely, without allowing any exceptions to it.
- 10. An argument that comes back to its beginning without having proven anything.
- 11. “I got an invitation email for a birthday party.”
- 14. A conclusion that is not supported by such data.
- 15. Using or characterized by systematic reasoning.
- 16. Prove a statement or theory to be wrong or false; disprove.
- 17. An attitude toward a particular issue; a position taken in an argument.
- 20. A claim made to rebut a previous claim.
- 22. A process of arguing from similarity in known respects to similarity in other respects.
- 23. The way authors organize information in text.
- 24. A reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action is right or wrong.
- 26. A statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved.
- 27. An assertion of the truth of something, typically one that is disputed.
- 28. Able to be trusted.