Category 1
This term describes the available means of persuasion in a given situation.
What is rhetoric?
This term, coined by Aristotle, describes an emotional appeal in rhetoric.
What is pathos?
This term, coined by Aristotle, describes an appeal to reason to persuade an audience.
What is logos?
This term, coined by Aristotle, describes an appeal to credibility in a rhetorical situation.
What is ethos?
An acknowledgment by the speaker of a text that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable. Usually followed by a refutation challenging the validity of the opposing argument.
What is concession?
What is the term for meanings or associations that a word has beyond its dictionary definition. These associations are usually positive or negative and can affect an author's tone.
What is connotation?
What is the term for a word's literal dictionary definition (regardless of the word's other associations)?
What is denotation?
This term is Greek for "hostile" and refers to arguments that don't make any concessions but rather demonstrates the superiority of one position over all others.
What is polemic (argument)?
This term is Greek for "mask," referring to the character that a speaker shows to his or her audience.
What is persona?
This term means "a denial of the validity of an opposing argument." These denials usually follow a concession that acknowledges an argument may be true or reasonable.
What is refutation?
Techniques used by a speaker/author persuade an audience by emphasizing what the speaker thinks the audience will find most important or compelling.
What are rhetorical appeals?
An acronym (mnemonic device) that helps people remember the elements that make up any rhetorical (persuasive) situation. (Must guess the term as well as what each letter stands for).
What is SOAPS (subject, occasion, audience, purpose, speaker)?