Rhetoric Triangle
What rhetorical strategy involves an appeal to the viewer, reader, or listeners emotions?
Pathos
Why might someone write in a public context?
To effect some kind of change in their community or society at large.
How would the university or company where someone works contribute to their ethos?
An institution like a university, by virtue of being recognized as a place of high-quality, rigorous research, would enhance a speaker’s, writer’s, or presenter’s credibility.
How can you learn the specific vocabulary or language used by experts in specific fields or disciplines?
Highlight key terms in your reading or notes to help you distinguish any specialized terms. Mark any disciplinary jargon or technical terms that aren’t familiar to you and ask for clarification from the instructor or fellow students. And pay careful attention to your textbook’s vocabulary: Try to master unfamiliar terms by checking to see if the textbook has a glossary, by asking your instructor questions, and by looking up key words or phrases.
Which rhetorical strategy requires the most caution before implementing it in a presentation, paper, or multimodal text?
Pathos (appeal to the emotions)
Why should we be familiar with the different types of evidence used by people across different professions and disciplines?
As you grow familiar with any area of study, you will develop a sense of what it takes to prove a point in that field.
When you brainstorm the organization and rationale for the message or argument that you are conveying, you are engaging in this type of rhetorical activity
Logos
How can you learn to adapt to different genre structures?
Learning to borrow and adapt transitional devices and pieces of sentence structure from other writing in the genre in which you are working is one way to help you learn the conventions of that discipline. Find sample sentence structures from similar genres but on different topics so that you borrow a typical structure (which does not belong to anyone) rather than the idea or the particular phrasing. Write your own sentences first, and look at other people’s sentences just to guide your revision.
Including a reference to some of your prior experience and expertise would be an example of which rhetorical practice?
Ethos
What are some the common questions you can ask yourself about the format of an assignment or task?
Is a title page called for? If so, what should be on it?
What size and shape does the genre call for? a trifold layout? or double-columned or double-sided? Does it feature information in boxes or sidebars?
Does an abstract precede the main text? If so, how long is it?
What kind of spacing is used? What are typical fonts?
Does the genre call for the use of color?
Does the genre call for the use of visuals or other illustrations?
Does the genre seem to have a typical way of beginning or ending?