When you read a nonfiction passage - you must decide what information is important and what is not. What you must remember is the essential information. Essential information is necessary to understand a passage. This includes the main idea and the s

A discussion adhering to parliamentary rules of proposition between two opposing sides

Facts - figures - numbers - graphs - charts - polls - surveys

The generally held opinion held prior to the debate

Evidence supporting the team's position or used to denigrate or defeat the opposing view

An argument based on two premises and a conclusion that is logically true - E.g. vegetarian do not eat meat - I am a vegetarian - Therefore - I do not eat meat

Questioning or proving the existence or actuality of some event - action - thing - person

An argument whose conclusion does not follow from its premise

Claims attack the person and not the issue

This technique wants you to associate the good feelings created in the ad with the product - Because you deserve it - We want you to have the best.

The feelings or emotions that are evoked from a word