Across
- 3. the way authors organize information in text
- 8. appeal to common belief or appeal to the masses because it's all about getting people to do or think something because “everyone else is doing it” or “everything else thinks this.”
- 12. the action of proving a statement or theory to be wrong or false.
- 13. a claim made to rebut a previous claim.
- 14. an attitude toward a particular issue; a position taken in an argument.
- 18. an argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument.
- 21. when the subject of the sentence is acted on by the verb
- 27. to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due:
- 28. the person or thing represented by the grammatical subject performs the action represented by the verb
- 30. offers a conclusion that is not supported by such data
Down
- 1. a form of comparison
- 2. and graphic features-parts of a text that draw the reader's attention to important information
- 4. a refutation or contradiction.
- 5. that carries additional emotional weight or significance—whether positive or negative—beyond its literal meaning.
- 6. condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- 7. a reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong.
- 9. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion
- 10. a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved.
- 11. a person or thing that has been left out or excluded.
- 15. the assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play, movie, concert, or meeting.
- 16. the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
- 17. able to be believed; convincing
- 19. a person or thing with trustworthy qualities.
- 20. a place, person, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained.
- 22. given to expressing divergent or opposite views.
- 23. generalizations take a general idea or rule and apply it too widely, without allowing any exceptions to it
- 24. consists of an argument that starts with a premise (A) and moves to a conclusion (B), where A is logically equivalent to B either explicitly or implicitly
- 25. an argument that may sound convincing or true but is actually flawed
- 26. prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
- 29. to prove wrong by argument or evidence