Persuasive Test Vocabulary
Propaganda Techniques
Bandwagon
Appeal to pity
Appeal to fear
Testimonial
Statistic
Positive Words
Negative Words
Everybody is using this product!
Makes you feel sad or sorry about the situation
Makes you feel as if your safety, security, or health is in danger.
Relies on the backing of a celebrity, expert, or satisfied customer
Numbers
Brings to mind something exciting, comfortable, or desirable
Calls up unpleasant images, experiences, or feelings
Fallacies
Overgeneralization
Faulty Cause and Effect
Ad Hominem
Uses words such as all, most, never, always, etc.
assumes that one event causes another because it occurred first
attacks the person rather than the argument
Persuasive Vocabulary
Claim
Call to Action
Counterargument
Opposing Argument
Thesis Statement
Transitions
Rhetorical Question
the writer's position on a problem or issue
statement that urges the reader to do what you want them to do
refutes your opponent's argument
your opponent's argument
sentence in the introduction that the entire essay is trying to prove
words or phrases that show how ideas are related to one another
Questions that have an obvious answer
Other Vocabulary
Reliable
Irrelevant
Relevant
Anecdote
Graphic Aid
Formal Tone
Subheading
something that you can depend on
off topic
important to the topic
quick small story to illustrate a point
a picture, chart, graph, checklist, etc.
a tone that shows the writer is serious about what they are saying
a heading for a section that comes after a main heading
Date of Test:
February 3, 2017