Academic Vocabulary

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Glish Leland malry January,14 2012 expository comp. Academic Vocabulary: Persuasion 1. Argument: A series of statement in a text designed to convince the reader of something. 2. Author's intent or purpose: Determines which mix of logical and emotional appeal is appropriate. 3. Claim: What the writer (or speaker) what's to prove. 4. Connotation: The meaning,association,or emotion that has come to be attached to a word. A connotation can be positive or negative depending on its context and each readers past experience. 5. Denotation: The literal dictionary definition of a word. 6. Analogy: Comparisons that show similarities between otherwise unrelated facts or ideas. 7. Anecdotes: Personal examples

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