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