Rhetorical Function & Modes
What is the word for appealing to emotions?
Pathos
What is the word for the art of persuasion using language as a medium?
Rhetoric
What is rhetorical synthesis?
Taking two or more ideas or concepts and combining them to create something new
Define tone.
The attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject.
Give an example of onomatopoeia.
What is one way (literary device) to create contrast?
What does ASPECTS stand for?
Audience, speaker, exigence, context, tone, and subject
True or false: Evidence-based claims are an example of rhetorical synthesis.
True
What is the word for sensory language?
Imagery
A student walks into class late, soaking wet from the rain, and says,
“Wow, what perfect weather we’re having today.”
Which literary device is this example using?
Irony/sarcasm
Which of the following is not one of the rhetorical modes?
a. argumentation/persuasion
b. narration
c. definition
d. visual appeals
D
Which of the following is not an example of exigence?
a. personal events for the author
b. social/political events
c. the author's preferred writing style
d. cultural movements and schools of thought
C
What is the word for the logical and intentional organization of claims and evidence in a text?
Line of reasoning
Diction, imagery, details, language, and syntax
Define alliteration.
The repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of successive words.
What is "mode of discourse"?
A vehicle of communication or a type of writing.
Define rhetorical situation.
The context surrounding a text or the circumstances that brought it about
Give at least 3 examples of rhetorical analysis
Figurative language, tone, rhetorical modes, point of view, diction, organization, syntax, rhetorical appeals
True or false: Language is the same with diction.
False
What are the three types of symbolism?
Conventional, natural, and private.
What are the two examples of argumentation/persuasion?
Induction and deduction
What is one example of an author's persona or credibility (ethos)?
Which is not an example of rhetorical synthesis?
a. a summary of source content
b. qualifications
c. assumptions
d. tensions
A
Which of the following is not a way to analyze diction?
a. Finding noun phrases
b. Finding puncutation
c. Finding verb phrases
d. Finding adjective phrases
B
What is the difference between personification and anthropomorphism?
Personification is attributing or giving human qualities to something non-human, while anthropomorphism is describing non-human things in a story as literally displaying human qualities, characteristics, emotions, or behaviour.