Rhetoric- The art of crafting a message to effect change in a particular audience.

critical theory- A theory is critical to the extent that it seeks human emancipation from slavery, acts as a liberating influence ,and works to create a world which satisfies the needs and powers of human beings.

Affordance- something a design enables you to do.

constraint-something a design restricts you from doing.

Genre – a kind or type of something.

convention – the characteristics that define a genre .

Blog – genre of writing.

paraphrase- communicating your understanding of the original text.

claim- A statement put forth as true that needs evidence to be convincing.

Thesis- The main claim of an argument.