Rhetoric and Rhetorical Appeals
What is Logos?
To appeal to the audiences sense of reason and logic
What are logical fallacies?
Arguments that may sound convincing but are based on faulty logic and are invalid.
What is a peer review?
Evaluation of a peers paper to help to strengthen the paper
What is the paragraph structure used in writing?
MEAL
What is propose a solution?
Find a problem, look at possible solutions, what will this solution cost you
What are the five parts of the rhetorical situation?
Purpose, Audience, Media design, Stance, Genre
Hasty Generalization
A conclusion based on insufficient or biased evidence
How is a peer review beneficial?
Gives feedback, makes your paper stronger, points out mistakes and errors, gives more ideas
what is the M in MEAL and what does it mean?
Main Idea: introduce the focus of the paragraph, like a mini thesis, in introduction
Strawman
Refuting an argument different that the one being presented, while not recognizing or acknowledging the difference.
What are the five cannons of rhetoric?
Invention, arrangement, style, memory, delivery
Red Herring
Something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important question or topic
What is the difference between editing and revising?
Revising includes making major changes to a paper such as sentence rearranging or shortening paragraphs. Editing focuses more sentence by sentence and fixes spelling errors as well as punción and grammar.
What does the E in Meal stand for and mean?
Evidence: Support the main idea with source information
What is Pathos?
A quality in life or art that causes feelings of sadness or sympathy, could also give meaning and express feeling
What is Ethos?
Element of an argument and persuasion which a speaker establishes their credibility and knowledge
Slippery slope
Refers to arguments that get increasingly more drastic and one event leads to another that doesn’t correspond
What are the main components of a paper?
Introduction, thesis, body paragraphs, conclusion, works cited
What does the A in MEAL stand for and mean?
Analysis: Explain and analyze the source information
What is Logos?
to appeal to someone’s sense of reasons logic, facts and statistics
What is Epideictic rhetoric?
Speech of writing that praises or blames (someone or something)
Ad Hominem
Attack of ones character rather than his or her opinions or arguments
What is deductive reasoning?
A process in which a conclusion is based on multiple terms that are generally true
What does the L in MEAL stand for and mean?
Link: Conclude the topic, like a conclusion paragraph
False Dilemma
Based on a premise that limits what options are available.
Ex. Either you're a vegetarian or you hate animals