Classical World
reason or rational thinking over emotion or passion.
is a form of storytelling with hidden levels of meanings that the author wants readers or listeners to discern
What rhetorical appeal is being used: You need to listen to me more often. I'm your mother, and I've been alive for a long time. I know what's best for you.
Ethos
What text structure is this an example of: First you put your foot in the shoe. Then you tie the laced. Lastly, your ready to walk!
Sequential order.
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
A clear theme about the importance of rational behavior and moral actions.
Plato’s Republic
What rhetorical appeal is being used: Numbers don't lie, he is the greatest tennis player in the world as of now. 99% of his serves earn him a point. With a record of 18-0, he's sure to remain undefeated unless someone can stop him.
Logos
What is chronological text structure?
Text structure organized by time.
The Roman Empire
About how to attain ideals in an imperfect world.
It is a straightforward story about prisoners in a cave and an examination of how we humans perceive reality.
What rhetorical appeal is being used: Are you really about to be rude to me on my birthday? I'm actually upset now. Imagine someone being rude to you one your birthday. How would this make you feel? Not as bad as your making me feel!
Pathos
What is a counterclaim?
A claim from the opposing side in an argumentative essay.
He expanded Greek influence as far east as India and Persia. The Roman empire included Britain, most of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
They were concerned with making moral choices and using reason to make sense of a chaotic world.
They both focus on a hero from a noble family. The action in each poem is inspired by jealousy. The heroes are helped—and hindered—by gods and goddesses. Both epics highlight the values of the culture.
What is the term that we use to describe what ethos, pathos, and logos are?
Rhetorical Appeals
What is a rebuttal?
This comes right after the counterclaim. This is when you prove that the counterclaim is incorrect and show why your side is better.
They both take place in a mythological past and involve gods populating the human earth.
Poetic forms included lyric poetry, odes, and epic narrative poems, such as the Odyssey and the Rámáyana. Dramas included tragedies like Sophocles’ political play Antigone and comedies like Aristophanes’ The Birds. Plato’s Dialogues are recreated conversations between Plato and his teacher Socrates in which they explore, through the exchange of questions and answers, how to live an ethical life. Aesop’s fables were short humorous stories about non-human characters that ended with an explicit moral or lesson.
In epic poems, passionate actions are usually balanced by what?
Are often counseled against or result in terrible consequences.
What is this an example of: You are the wind beneath my wings.
Metaphor
How many pieces of evidence do we always need in a body paragraph at the very least?