Persuasive Appeal - Answers An effort on the writer's part to attempt to win over his/her reader
(Audience)
Ethos (ethical appeal) - Answers Writer's establishment of credibility; appeal to reader's sense of right
vs. biases, survival needs wrong
Logos (logical appeal) - Answers Evidence that supports claims
Pathos (emotional appeal) - Answers Appeals to reader's values, sense of fair play, truth, justice fears
Credible - Answers Believable; trustworthy
Source - Answers A piece of literature/publican (fiction or nonfiction) that a writer consults or cites in
defense of his/her argument
Cite - Answers To give credit to a source that a writer uses in a paper in defense of his/her argument
(same as document)
Citation- Bibliographic entry: - Answers The publican information about a given source in MLA format
(listed on works cited for sources used in the paper)
Direct Quotation - Answers Material that is taken word from a source
Indirect Quotation - Answers When tan author quotes another author whiten a given text must be cited
Expert - Answers One who has mastery of a particular subject matter or in a particular field
Summary - Answers A general overview of a particular text*** must be cited
Paraphrase - Answers Material, which is intended to be used in the paper taken from a given text that is
put into the writers own words*** must be cited
Parenthetical Citation - Answers An abbreviated version of the bibliographic entry, placed in the text of
the paper. Used to document borrowed information
Works cited - Answers The last page of your document which list the bibliographic entries for all sources
cited in the paper
Relevant - Answers Relating to or having a logical connection to the topic to be discussed in paper
Position - Answers Opinion-based stance a writer / speaker takes on a controversial issue (Same as
Assertion and claim)
Inference - Answers A conclusion drawn based on evidence from a text (from what an author implies)
Biased - Answers unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something.