Rhetorical Appeals
A rhetorical device that appeals to your emotions.
What is pathos?
All the information and facts available to support a claim.
What is evidence?
When an author states an issue regarding a specific topic then uses the article to provide examples of different ways to solve those problems.
What is problem and solution?
A text written by the author themselves.
What is an autobiography?
An opening statement in an essay that attempts to grab the reader's attention so that they want to read on.
What is a hook?
A rhetorical device that appeals to logic, facts, and data.
What is logos?
An explanation of how a piece of evidence supports a claim.
What is reasoning?
When an author discusses the similarities and differences between two or more things.
What is compare and contrast?
A text written by someone that is spoken in front of an audience about a topic.
What is a speech?
A type of thesis statement in which you present the main idea of what you are writing in the form of an argument.
What is a claim?
A rhetorical device that appeals to your ethics and beliefs.
What is ethos?
Particular methods of speaking or writing to persuade people to consider alternative ideas about claims and information.
What are rhetorical devices?
When an author examines and describes the outcomes or potential outcomes of situations.
What is cause and effect?
A type of text that includes current events, local or national news, or simply informs readers of things they like to read.
What are informational texts?
Paragraphs that present your three focus points and have supporting evidence.
What are body paragraphs?
Professionals, celebrities, and customer reviews are this kind of rhetorical appeal.
What is an example of ethos?
A reason that could be used to disprove a claim.
What is a counter argument?
Writing in which the author's intent is to create a vivid image of what he/she is describing in the mind of the reader.
What is descriptive writing?
A text written about someone but it's specific to an event in their life.
What is a memoir?
Proving one of your opposition's claims to be false and argue the other side of the argument to get people to believe you.
What is a counter argument?
Personal experiences, sympathetic stories, and jokes are this kind of rhetorical appeal.
What are examples of pathos?
When you summarize the claim, identify the use of rhetorical devices, and consider the types of evidence the author uses to support their argument.
What are techniques to reading argumentative texts?
When an author lists, describes, or discusses when events happened as they relate to time.
What is chronological or sequential order?
A text written about a personal event by that author.
What is a personal narrative?
Paragraph that restates the thesis, review the three main points you covered in your body paragraphs, and leave the reader with an interesting though about your argument.