Situationships
What's the deal with appeals?
You can get with this or you can get with that
Formats and Formulas
Miscellaneous
100

In SPACECAT, what does the “S” stand for?

Speaker

100

Name the three rhetorical appeals.

Ethos, Pathos, Logos

100

What is one effect of repetition?

To emphasize a point, to draw a point home, to make something appear familiar

100

Name the 3 types of essays (FRQs) on the exam.

Synthesis, Rhetorical Analysis, Argument

100

What's the highest score you can earn on an FRQ (essay)

6

200

In SPACECAT, what does the “A” stand for?

Audience

200

What is logos?

An appeal to logic

200

What two choices compare two things?

Similes, metaphors, analogies

200

If you divide your time equally on the FRQ section, how much time will you have for each of the 3 questions?

45 minutes

200

How many sources do you need to use on the synthesis essay to earn a score of 3 or higher on Evidence & Commentary?

3

300

What is exigence?

Whatever prompts the speaker to deliver this message at this time - “The spark” or "The straw that broke the camel's back"

300

What is pathos?


an appeal to the audience's emotions

300

What is parallel structure?

The use of the same/similar grammatical structure in a sequence of phrases or sentences

300

If you divide your time equally on the FRQ section, how much time will you have for each of the 3 questions(including reading time)?

45 mins

300

Your thesis for RA should include what elements?

Speaker, Genre, Audience, Purpose, Message, Choices

400

In SPACECAT, what letter or element is missing in the rhetorical situation?

M or Message

400

True or False? A rhetorical appeal, can count as a rhetorical choice?

TRUE

400

Name 2 effects of listing

to quantify (show how many), to magnify or intensify

400

What 2 acronyms can you use to help you come up with evidence for the argument essay?

BENTSSHOP,CHORES,SPRITE,REHUGO etc.

400

Your thesis for an Argument is going to do one of these 3 things.

Challenge, Defend, Qualify

500

In SPACECAT, which letters represent the rhetorical  situation?

S-P-A-C-E

500
Which of the appeals do not rely on the audience?

Ethos

500

What 2 choices cannot be named without adding an adjective?

Diction & Tone

500

What is the basic format for every paragraph, no matter the essay?

Claim

Evidence

Commentary/LOR

500

What is a common mistake that students make in the body paragraphs after providing the evidence? WE MUST NOT DO THIS

Summarize the evidence

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