Across
- 6. The process of showing how your evidence connects to and supports your claim
- 7. To judge or calculate the quality of something
- 9. Enough; adequate
- 11. A prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
- 13. A technique used to persuade the audience based on the speaker’s credibility, social standing, and/or knowledge.
- 14. A position or viewpoint along with the claims and evidence used to support that position
Down
- 1. Having to do with the matter being considered; important and connected.
- 2. An acknowledgment of a concern or disagreement from those with opposing viewpoints
- 3. An author’s direct response to an opposing viewpoint or claim (the “comeback” to a counterclaim)
- 4. The author is able to be believed and trusted.
- 5. A technique that uses facts, logic, and reasons to appeal to the audience’s rationality. It can also persuade an audience and provide support for the subject matter.
- 8. A technique used to make the audience feel a certain way by creating an emotion(s) in the audience.
- 10. Facts, statistics, and examples that show why a claim should be believed, evidence supports and “holds up” a claim
- 12. A statement that supports a position