Rhetorical Appeals
What is the appeal that focuses on the speaker's credibility and ethics?
Ethos
What literary device compares two different things using "like" or "as"?
Simile
What does S in SPACECAR stand for? What kind of questions does it ask?
Speaker – Who is the speaker? What do we know about them? What don’t we know about them?
What is SPACECAT? What is it used for?
A mnemonic device to structure and organize thoughts. And a helpful tool to structure and organize thoughts when analyzing a passage/speech/etc.
Which appeal evokes emotions and aims to create emotional responses in the audience?
Pathos
What literary device gives human characteristics to non-human objects?
Personification
What does the P in SPACECAT stand for? What kind of questions does it ask?
Purpose – What is the speakers purpose? What is the speaker hoping to accomplish? What is the reason behind the text?
What rhetorical appeal is this? “A politician is advertising in your town to be the mayor. He says he was born in your neighborhood and knows what is best for you, your friend's, and family.”
Ethos
What type of appeal relies on logic, facts, and evidence?
Logos
What literary device combines contradictory terms?
Oxymoron
What does the first A in SPACECAT stand for? What kind of questions does it ask?
Audience – Who is the intended audience? Who is the actual audience? What assumptions does the speaker make about the audience?
What does the T in SPACECAT stand for? What kind of questions does it ask?
Tone – What is the writers attitude towards the subject? Is the tone the same throughout the whole piece? If no, where does it shift? What evidence is there to demonstrate the tone?
What rhetorical appeal is this? “I’m not just invested in this community, I love every building, every business, every person that lives here!”
Pathos
What kind of literary device is this: "The flowers begged for water."
Personification
What does the second C in SPACECAT stand for? What kind of questions does it ask?
Choices - What are the rhetorical choices that the writer makes in the text? Overall structure, devices, diction, syntax, etc?
What does the speaker consider when making rhetorical choices?
Overall structure, devices, diction, syntax, etc.
What rhetorical appeal is this? "3 out of 4 mothers recommend our product and use on their own children."
Logos
This literary device involves the use of words that imitate the sounds they describe – such as "buzz" or "hiss"
Onomatopoeia
What is Exigence IN SPACECAT? What kind of questions does it ask?
What was the spark that moved the speaker/writer to act/write? How did that event impact the speaker/writer?
What does the second A in Spacecat stand for? What kind of questions does it ask?
Which of the three rhetorical appeals are present in the passage? Where are the appeals? Why are there appeals?