Unit 3: Academic and Literary Vocabulary

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  1. bias
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
  2. concession
    the act of yielding
  3. credibility
    the quality of being believable or trustworthy
  4. fallacy
    a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
  5. objective
    undistorted by emotion or personal bias
  6. plagiarism
    taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
  7. rebuttal
    the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary argument
  8. scene
    a situation treated as an observable object
  9. sound bite
    a very short speech; usually on radio or television
  10. subjective
    taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias
  11. synthesize
    combine so as to form a more complex product
  12. sketch
    short descriptive summary of events
  13. ethos
    a rhetorical appeal that relies on the character or credibility of the speaker
  14. logos
    a rhetorical appeal to the audience's reason or rationality
  15. pathos
    a style that has the power to evoke feelings
  16. rhetorical
    relating to using language effectively
  17. appeal
    attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
Created on Fri Nov 19 14:53:54 EST 2021 (updated Mon Jan 03 10:26:48 EST 2022)

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