Glossary

A comparison between two unrelated items based on their shared qualities

In writing, an appeal is a strategy that a writer uses to support an argument.

Argumentation is a process of reasoning that asserts the reasonableness of a debatable position, belief, or conclusion. In argumentative writing, you are typically asked to take a position on an issue or topic and explain and support your position.

Arrangement is the organization and structure of ideas in your essay.

An audience is a group of readers who reads a particular piece of writing. As a writer, you should anticipate the needs or expectations of your audience in order to convey information or argue for a particular claim.

Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair

Alternative pathways for serving time.

A component of an equation

the place where we define our terms

Dummy text that is used in publication layout and design to show what actual copy will look like when it is inserted.

LOUIS is a library consortium widely recognized as a model for cost-effective collaboration in higher education.

phleb- = “a blood vessel”; -tomy = “to cut”

our OER publishing platform

Being passed through the different phases of the criminal justice system.