Share Academic Vocabulary on Persuasive Text, 6th Grade
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"Sell" a product or an idea by linking it with something or someone positive or influential
Appeals by Association
makes people feel as if their safety, security, or health is in danger
Appeal to Fear
Uses flattery to win people over
Appeal to Vanity
taps into people's desire to belong to a group ("Everyone has the latest version!")
Bandwagon
Reasons that say the same thing over and over again using different words
Circular Reasoning
the writer's position on an issue or problem
Claim
to review or analyze critically (a reflective examination of the validity of the subject)
Critique
use strong feelings rather than facts and evidence to persuade
Emotional Appeal
Celebrities use their fame to make you believe in a cause, candidate, or product.
Endorsement
use of authority instead of evidence
use of authority instead of evidence
the assumption that one event caused another because it occurred earlier in time
False Cause
defective reasoning, logical fallacies (Example: Because everything is bigger in Texas, you can expect birds to be the size of dogs.) Doesn't make sense.
Faulty Reasoning
A conclusion drawn from too little evidence
Hasty Generalization
Words with strongly positive or negative associations
loaded language
correct reasoning backed by reasons and evidence.
Logic
a mistake in reasoning
Logical Fallacy
