Rhetorical Analysis
Ethos, pathos, and logos.
What are the three rhetorical appeals?
The number of pieces of evidence needed for this essay
What is 2 pieces?
The number of sources needed for each body paragraph.
2
The two sections of the MCQ
What is Reading and Writing?
A recurrent element in a literary or artistic work.
What is a Unifying Idea?
Where do you find exigence?
In the context prior to the essay
Acronym for brainstorming pieces of evidence.
The goal of a synthesis essay is to:
Use specific sources to fuel your argument
How many MCQ are on the final exams?
45
The part of a rhetorical situation that inspires, stimulates, provokes, or prompts writers to create a text.
What is exigence?
What is Rhetoric?
the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
Example of subordinating conjunctions used to begin a thesis. (ONLY ONE ANSWER NEEDED)
What is although, while, however, though, since
The amount of sources given to you.
What is 6 sources?
How much time do you get on the Multiple Choice Section?
60 minutes
The way that an author’s sentences are structured.
What is syntax?
What are the 5 parts of the rhetorical situation?
Purpose, audience, topic, writer, and exigence.
Ways to achieve sophistication point
Sophistication of thought and/or complex understanding of the rhetorical situation
The four components of a body paragraph.
What is claim, evidence, commentary, transition?
How many questions are answered correctly, on average?
20
What is the strongest rhetorical appeal?
Pathos / emotion
The first Rhetorical Analysis speech on which we analyzed.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
Types of evidence to avoid.
hypotheticals
The two types of evidence given.
Visual and textual
Answers to avoid lead distractors
Only part of the answer is correct.
The definition of exigence.
The external reasoning as to why the author wrote their piece.