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  1. ad hominem
    appealing to personal considerations rather than to reason
  2. advocacy
    active support of an idea or cause
  3. ambiguity
    unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
  4. anecdotal
    based on stories rather than data or scientific observation
  5. annotation
    an added comment or instruction
  6. argument
    an assertion offered as evidence that something is true
  7. assumption
    a statement that is held to be true
  8. autobiography
    a book or account of your own life
  9. bias
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
  10. biography
    an account of the series of events making up a person's life
  11. chart
    a visual display of data or information
  12. chronological
    relating to or arranged according to the order of time
  13. cite
    refer to for illustration or proof
  14. claim
    an assertion that something is true or factual
  15. clarification
    an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding
  16. clarity
    the quality of being coherent and easily understood
  17. coherence
    logical, orderly, and consistent relation of parts
  18. comparison
    relation based on similarities and differences
  19. conclusion
    a position or opinion reached after consideration
  20. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
  21. connotative
    implying or suggesting something extra
  22. context
    discourse that surrounds and helps explain a word or passage
  23. contradiction
    a statement that is necessarily false
  24. credential
    a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
  25. credibility
    the quality of being believable or trustworthy
  26. critique
    appraise or judge in an analytical way
  27. data
    a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
  28. datum
    an item of factual information from measurement or research
  29. deductive
    relating to reasoning from the general to the particular
  30. deductive reasoning
    reasoning from the general to the particular
  31. diagram
    a drawing intended to explain how something works
  32. diction
    the manner in which something is expressed in words
  33. discipline
    a branch of knowledge
  34. effectiveness
    power to be effective
  35. empirical
    derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  36. evidence
    knowledge on which to base belief
  37. explicit
    precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable
  38. exposition
    a systematic interpretation or explanation of a topic
  39. expository
    serving to expound or set forth
  40. factual
    relating to or characterized by verified information
  41. fallacious
    containing or based on incorrect reasoning
  42. fallacy
    a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
  43. figurative
    not literal
  44. footnote
    a printed comment placed below the main text on a page
  45. generalization
    an idea or conclusion having broad application
  46. genre
    a class of art having a characteristic form or technique
  47. graph
    a visual representation of the relations between quantities
  48. graphics
    photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication
  49. handbook
    a concise reference book providing specific information
  50. header
    a line of text indicating what the passage below it is about
  51. heading
    a line of text indicating what the passage below it is about
  52. hierarchical
    classified by various criteria into successive levels
  53. historical
    of or relating to the study of recorded time
  54. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  55. implication
    a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
  56. implicit
    suggested though not directly expressed
  57. imply
    express or state indirectly
  58. index
    alphabetical listing of names and topics with page numbers
  59. inductive
    proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion
  60. inductive reasoning
    reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
  61. infer
    reason by deduction; establish by deduction
  62. inference
    a conclusion you can draw based on known evidence
  63. informational
    relating to or conveying facts and knowledge
  64. irony
    incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
  65. jargon
    technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
  66. leading question
    a question phrased in such a way as to suggest the desired answer; a lawyer may ask leading questions on cross-examination
  67. literal
    limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
  68. logical
    marked by an orderly and coherent relation of parts
  69. logical argument
    a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
  70. logical fallacy
    an error in reasoning that undermines an argument
  71. medium
    a technology that publicly transmits to a large audience
  72. memoir
    an account of the author's personal experiences
  73. methodology
    the techniques followed in a particular discipline
  74. multimedia
    the use of many types of communication simultaneously
  75. nonfiction
    prose writing that is not formed by the imagination
  76. objective
    undistorted by emotion or personal bias
  77. opinion
    a personal belief or judgment
  78. organization
    a planned structure for arranging or classifying
  79. overstatement
    exaggeration of the importance or extent of something
  80. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  81. periodical
    a publication that appears at fixed intervals
  82. perspective
    a way of regarding situations or topics
  83. persuasive
    intended or having the power to induce action or belief
  84. point of view
    a mental position from which things are perceived
  85. prediction
    a statement made about the future
  86. premise
    a statement that is held to be true
  87. procedural
    of or relating to processes
  88. procedure
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  89. proposition
    a suggestion offered for acceptance or rejection
  90. purpose
    an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
  91. quantitative
    expressible as an amount that can be measured
  92. red herring
    something intended to distract attention from the main issue
  93. reference
    a book from which you can seek authoritative facts
  94. refute
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
  95. rhetoric
    using language effectively to please or persuade
  96. rhetorical
    relating to using language effectively
  97. rhetorical device
    a use of language that creates a literary effect
  98. schematic
    represented in simplified or symbolic form
  99. sequential
    in regular succession without gaps
  100. source
    a document from which information is obtained
  101. stance
    a rationalized mental attitude
  102. straw man
    a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted
  103. structure
    the building of something and the arrangement of its parts
  104. style
    a mode of expression typical of a person, group, or period
  105. subjective
    taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias
  106. subjectivity
    judgment based on individual impressions and feelings
  107. substantiate
    establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
  108. summarize
    briefly present the main points of something
  109. summary
    a brief statement that presents the main points
  110. synthesize
    combine and form a complex whole
  111. table
    a set of data arranged in rows and columns
  112. technical
    relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood
  113. terminology
    a system of words used to name things in a discipline
  114. thematic
    relating to or constituting a topic of discourse
  115. theme
    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary work
  116. timeline
    a sequence of events arranged in chronological order
  117. tone
    a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author
  118. transition
    a passage or word that connects a topic to one that follows
  119. understatement
    something said in a restrained way for ironic contrast
  120. unsubstantiated
    unsupported by other evidence
  121. verify
    confirm the truth of
  122. viewpoint
    a mental position from which things are considered
Created on Fri Jan 20 10:02:26 EST 2017 (updated Wed Mar 29 15:37:33 EDT 2017)

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