nonfiction literary Terms
IDEA
Objective
not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.
The police officer had to be objective when he pulled me over.
Subjective
based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions
freinds are subjective when it comes to each other.
Bais
prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another
People believe that they're good at something when others may believe that its just luck.
Credible / valid
believable/ having a sound basis in logic or fact
The blog was Credible/ Valid nothing could stop it.
Credible/ Valid because some screamed that it was unstopable and seamed believeable.
Counterargument
argument or reasoning put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument
my theory was  Counterargument.
Counterargument my theory.
Fallacy
a mistaken belief, esp. one based on unsound argument
The dog fallacy because he thought he was a cat because cats have 4 legs.
tone
the general attitude of a piece of writing
a girl said "go go go"in a inside voice another girl said "GO GO GO" yelling which made the team run faster.
theme
an idea that pervades a work of literature
The moral/main idea of the story
point of view
a particular attitude or way of considering a matter
i thought that he wasn't guilty but the other guy did.
emotional appeal
attempt to persuade the reader through and appeal to emotions, morals, or values
only cowards abuse animals
logical appeal
attempt to persuade the reader based on statistics and facts; reasoning
facts and reasoning convinced me that this workout would make loseing weight easy
rhetorical question
asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather than to elicit information