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Rhetorical Devices
Persuasive vocabulary
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English
10th Grade
01/29/2013

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Inductive Logic

Definition

The kind of thinking that is done to form general ideas based on expierence and observations.

 

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Deductive Logic

 

Definition

The reasoning process by which a conclusion is drawn from set of premises and contains
no more facts than these premises.

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Empirical Evidence

Definition

Verifiable or provable by means of observation or experiment.

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Logical Evidence

 

Definition

a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it.

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Anecdotal evidence

Definition

 non-scientific observations or studies, which do not provide proof but may assist research effort.

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Ad Hominem

Definition

Arising from or appealing to the emotions and not reason or logic.

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Culture

Definition

The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.

 

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Logical Fallacy

Definition

A mistaken belief in logical argumentation.

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Credible

Definition

Capable of persuading people that something will happen or be successful.

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Grounds

Definition

3rd person singular present.


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Refutation (counterargument)

Definition

the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions.

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Persuasion

Definition

a form of argumentation, one of the four modes of discourse; language intended to convince through appeals to reason or emotion.

 

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Logos

Definition

persuading by the use of reasoning.

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Anaphora

Definition

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

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