Unit 2 terms review

2. ways of making an argument or persuading an audience
5. proof used to justify or support claims or ideas
6. rhetorical appeal that persuades by showing your audience you are a credible person and they can listen to you
8. rhetorical appeal that persuades by citing facts and statistics/logic to support their argument
11. the key points the author wants to make
12. rhetorical appeal that persuades by evoking the audience’s emotions

1. the author’s attitude toward the topic.
3. what the speaker/writer wants to do: inform? Entertain? Persuade?
4. how a nonfiction piece is written (this depends on its purpose)
7. an arguable statement made by the author
9. the topic the piece is about
10. the way in which words are written (this is often based on the author’s purpose and type of text)