Rhetorical Appeals
A toothpaste commercial claims that its product is recommended by dentists and displays a dentist wearing a white coat explaining its benefits.
What is ethos?
Is this a good argument?
Johnny argues that because he is older than his little sister, he is smarter than her.
This stage of writing is the very beginning of (most) people's processes. Here is where they generate ideas.
What is brainstorming, prewriting, etc.?
Please name at least 5 types of sources (they do not have to be scholarly) you could use for a paper on rhetorical analysis.
An argument is strongest when its claims are supported not only by evidence but also by an explanation showing how that evidence supports the claim.
What is reasoning?
A commercial featuring a respected doctor recommending a medication primarily uses this rhetorical appeal.
What is ethos?
What is evidence?
The initial version of an essay is called this.
What is a draft?
The three primary styles of citation are used throughout all disciplines; however, this style in particular is often used in the film studies area.
What is Chicago Manual of Style or CMS?
Bobby is writing a paper for his class on human anatomy, but he is also writing a creative writing piece for his short story class. Bobby is using separate vocabulary, tone, and organization for both texts. Bobby is adapting to this.
What is the audience?
A university advertisement states that graduates from its programs have a 92% employment rate within six months of graduation.
What is logos?
This is the central position that a writer attempts to prove.
What is a thesis?
This stage of writing is the most important as it involves using feedback to better your writing (this applies to both personal, professional, and academic writing).
What is revision?
The three primary styles of citation are used throughout all disciplines; however, this style in particular is often used in the English studies area.
What is the Modern Language Association, or MLA?
A student is writing an essay about whether their university should require attendance. The essay includes a clear position, statistics from reliable sources, and explanations connecting evidence to the main argument. Name at least four rhetorical elements present in this description.
What is a thesis, evidence, credibility, reasoning, etc.
An advertisement shows a family tearfully reuniting with their lost dog after using a pet-tracking device.
What is pathos?
Explain what a rebuttal is.
What is a response to a counterargument that you find less convincing compared to your own position?
True or False: Revision and proofreading are the same thing.
What is false?
The three primary styles of citation are used throughout all disciplines; however, this style in particular is often used in the psychology studies area.
What is the American Psychological Association, or APA?
Attacking a person instead of their argument is known as this logical fallacy.
What is an ad hominem?
A campaign advertisement states: "Every year, thousands of students leave college because they cannot afford tuition. Reducing tuition costs would allow students to earn degrees."
What rhetorical appeal is used most prominently in this statement?
What is logos?
Identify the claim in the following statement:
"College tuition costs prevent many qualified students from earning degrees. We aim to change this."
What is college tuition should be reduced?
What type of writing is the following prose:
"This is what I cannot remember--
a young woman in a field,
the hoe callousing her hands,
the rows stretching out like hours."
What is poetry? (July, 1949 by Ron Rash)
True or False: The following is an example of plagiarism.
Timmy used ChatGPT to find sources for a paper on Jill Lepore's The Secret History of Wonder Woman. Timmy cited everything correctly in the paper (CMS style) but did not mention that he used ChatGPT to find said sources.
True.
A politician delivers a speech immediately after a devastating national crisis. Although the politician has advocated the same policy for years, the speech suddenly receives widespread public support. The speaker does not substantially change the policy itself; instead, the argument emphasizes the crisis, the public's heightened emotions, and the belief that immediate action is necessary.
Please name the rhetorical appeal most prominently used in the above situation.
What is kairos? (For an extra 1000 points) Please explain what kairos is.
Kairos is the use of the right moment, situation, and/or circumstances to make an argument more persuasive. It is more about considering why an argument is effective at a particular time and for a particular audience rather than how it is doing so.