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Lexham Propositional Outlines Glossary

Mark Keaton

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Accompaniment — The speaker is presenting those persons or things that are in the current company of someone.

Action — The speaker is asserting that some agent performed an action.

Address — The speaker is talking directly to his audience, often construing his audience in a particular way.

Affirmation — The speaker is asserting that something is true.

Agency — The speaker is referencing someone producing a particular effect or achieving a particular end.

Alternative — The speaker is asserting another option relative to previous statement.

Answer — The speaker is responding to a question.

Appeal — The speaker is presenting the content of a request.

Appeal (Neg.) — The speaker is presenting the content of a request that he does not want to happen.

Arrival — The speaker is asserting that someone is entering the current scene.

Attention — The speaker is appealing to the audience to focus on what is being said.

Background-Action — The speaker is asserting that some agent performed some action relative to a main statement; all background statements precede a foregrounded main statement in a discourse.

Background-Antecedent — The speaker is referencing an event that happened before an event already or about to be mentioned; all background statements precede a foregrounded main statement in a discourse.

Background-Arrival — The speaker is asserting that someone is entering the current scene relative to a main statement; all background statements precede a foregrounded main statement in a discourse.

Background-Characterization — The speaker is describing someone or something in further detail relative to a main statement; all background statements precede a foregrounded main statement in a discourse.

Background-Comparison — The speaker is relating things together based on similarities or differences relative to a main statement; all background statements precede a foregrounded main statement in a discourse.

Background-Condition — The speaker is providing a logical assumption upon which an implication rests relative to a main statement; all background statements precede a foregrounded main statement in a discourse.

Background-Departure — The speaker is asserting that someone is leaving the current scene relative to a main statement; all background statements precede a foregrounded main statement in a discourse.

Background-Divine-Action — The speaker is describing an action performed by God relative to a main statement; all background statements precede a foregrounded main statement in a discourse.