Basics
The art of persuasion
What is "Classical Rhetoric"?
An examination of why the writer made particular rhetorical choices in composing a text and whether those choices were effective.
What is a "rhetorical analysis"?
The relationship between topic, author, audience, and other contexts (social, cultural, political) that determine or evoke an appropriate spoken or written response.
What is a "rhetorical situation"?
A style of writing that is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities.
What is "MLA Format"?
Methods used in writing to successfully convince/persuade an audience.
What is "rhetorical appeals"?
The application of multiple modes within one medium.
What is "multimodality"?
The reason for writing — the incentive, the investment, and the motivation a writer has for writing.
What is "exigence"?
The people who will read/consume the certain medium
Who is the "audience"?
The form/dialect/type of the English language widely accepted as the usual correct form. Might be described as "formal."
What is "Standard English"?
A writer uses facts, evidence, and reason to make audience members accept a claim.
What is "logos"?
Flaws in reasoning that lead to inaccurate and illogical conclusions
What are "logical fallacies"?
The way text travels/is distributed to reach its audiences.
What is "circulation"?
The goal of a text. Not a theme, but rather what the text is attempting to do.
What is "purpose"?
The first word in an MLA citation on the citation page.
What is "the author's last name"?
A writer tries to generate specific emotions (such as fear, envy, anger, or pity) in an audience to dispose it to accept a claim
What is "pathos"?
An assertion of the truth of something, typically one that is disputed or in doubt. The thought behind every thesis statement.
What is a "claim"?
Who actually reads and engages with your content/information of writing.
Who is "Audience Addressed"?
The way a writer expresses the person behind the words. A way to convey a part of an author's identity through the text.
What is "persona" or "voice"?
A requirement of MLA/APA to demonstrate where you got your sources from within your text.
What is an "in-text citation"?
A writer presents an authoritative or credible self-image to convince an audience to accept a claim
What is "ethos"?
A person who conveys a claim.
Who is a "rhetor"?
People outside of the text that the writer intends their writing to be for.
Who is "Audience Invoked"?
In a text, a significant point or central theme, especially one that has political, social, or moral importance.
What is the "message"?
The dialect variety of English natively spoken, particularly in urban communities, by most working- and middle-class African Americans and some Black Canadians.
What is "African American Vernacular English (AAVE)"?
The opportune moment; in arguments, it is the timeliness of an argument and the most opportune ways to make it
What is "Kairos"?