Rhetoric
A situation where individuals write within a particular situation and make strategic writing choices based on that situation.
What is the rhetorical situation?
A grammatical framing of words which has structural similarity: "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times."
What is parallelism?
The use of logic, rationality, and critical reasoning to persuade.
What is logos?
What the "P" in the acronym SPACE CAT stands for and explain what it is
What is the purpose? It is the expected or intended outcome
The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a piece.
What is the context?
The use of emotion and appeals to the heart to persuade the audience emotionally.
What is pathos?
a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense, and yet is perhaps true
What is a paradox?
The "S" in the acronym SPACE CAT stands for and explain what it is
What is the Speaker: The author or presenter?
The speaker/author's attitude toward the subject
What is tone?
The establishment of authority, credibility, and believability
What is ethos?
Identify the rhetorical device:
But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land.
What are metaphors?
Detailing parts, causes, effects, or consequences to make a point more forcibly
What is enumeration?
The the likely audience of a commercial that is selling candy using loud music, lots of colors, and animated characters?
What is children?
The following is an example of what kind of rhetorical device?
“The big sycamore by the creek was gone. The willow tangle was gone. The little enclave of untrodden bluegrass was gone. The clump of dogwood on the little rise across the creek–now that, too, was gone….”
What is epistrophe?
Rhetorical devices that can be used to help develop pathos.
What are diction, imagery, anecdotes, etc?
the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.
What is rhetoric?
Malcolm X's context for many of his speeches.
What is The Civil Rights Movement?
What rhetorical device is used in the following quote: "Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win back our love?"
What is rhetorical questions?
The why "now"?; the spark of catalyst that moved the speaker to act
What is exigence?
Create two examples of contrasting diction about the beach.
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