The Big Three (Rhetoric)
This ancient philosopher is credited with founding the three rhetorical appeals.
Who is Aristotle?
These two website extensions are generally considered more credible than Wikipedia.
What are .gov and .edu?
This specific sentence governs the entire direction of an essay.
What is a thesis statement?
This term refers to an author’s specific choice of words to affect a message.
What is Diction?
This is the specific "job" a topic sentence performs in relation to the thesis.
What is supporting or governing a specific paragraph?
This is the fundamental goal or purpose of using persuasion in speech or writing.
What is to persuade?
This is what it means to "prove" your answer rather than just summarizing a text.
What is providing text evidence?
This is the specific job of a topic sentence in a body paragraph.
What is supporting the thesis?
To identify this, a reader must look for the author’s attitude toward the subject.
What is Tone?
This term describes the author’s ultimate goal, which can be to persuade, inform, or entertain.
What is Author’s Purpose?
A speaker uses this appeal when they build trust or use their professional image to persuade.
What is Ethos?
A celebrity endorsement in an advertisement is a primary example of this rhetorical appeal.
What is Ethos?
This action involves a deep dive into "why" a text works, going beyond simple annotation.
What is analysis?
These three words represent the primary categories of an author's purpose
What are persuade, inform, and entertain?
To be considered complete, every body paragraph must include these specific components.
What are Topic Sentence, Evidence, and Analysis?
This appeal relies on facts, data, and logical evidence to support an argument
What is Logos?
These preconceived opinions can negatively affect the neutrality of an argument
What is Bias?
Every body paragraph must contain these components to be considered complete.
What are a topic sentence, evidence, and analysis?
This is the primary difference between a general topic and a specific claim
What is a claim is an arguable position (whereas a topic is just the subject)
While a general topic is broad, this is a specific, arguable position an author takes.
What is a Claim?
Creators use this appeal when they specifically tap into an audience’s emotions.
What is Pathos?
This is the process of distinguishing between reliable and unreliable information in the modern world.
What is evaluating sources?
This is the difference between simply reading a text and truly analyzing it
What is analyzing (versus annotating)?
This is the strategic selection of vocabulary. Effective diction matches the topic, context, and target audience, while avoiding vague or unnecessary words
What is word choice (diction)?
This is the difference between simply summarizing a text and providing "proof" for an answer
What is Text Evidence (or quoting/citing the text)?