Vocab
Moral principles that govern behavior
What is Ethics
The verbal expression of thought and opinion
What is Pure Speech
What is logos
Restates the argument rather than proving it.
What is Circular Argument
Q & A Interviews, Background of community events, book reviews, and how-to articles are an example of this.
What is Feature Stories
What is Gray journalism
Does not involve words but instead use of symbols
What is Symbolic Speech
The outside of the rhetorical triangle
Rushed to a conclusion
What is hasty generalized
Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How
What is the 5 W's and 1 H
Art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
What is Rhetoric
The government cannot censor information before it has been written and published except in the worst cases like a threat to national security
What is the Prior Restraint Clause
Appeal to emotion and values
What is Pathos
Common errors in reasoning that pokes holes in an argument
What is logical fallacies
Shape that has contains the most important information at the top
What is Inverted Pyramid
Journalistic style focused on entertaining content rather than facts
What is Yellow Journalism
What are:
Seek the truth and report it
Minimize harm
Act independently
Be accountable and transparent
Black Friday Ads are a great example of this
What is Kairos
Oversimplifies by reducing the argument to two choices
What is Either/Or
Topics, questions, and quotes are an example of this
What is Lazy Leads
Changing your word choice, your approach, and the way you explain a topic based on your the reader's needs
What is Audience Awareness
What is speech plus
Created by Aristotle, a visual way of explaining the important parts of an act of communication.
What is the Rhetorical Triangle
If A occurred after B then B caused A
What is Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Also known as a zinger