Definitions
Appeals
Credibility
100

The person using the rhetoric

What is the rhetor?

100

The appeal to emotions

What is pathos?
100

This appeal deals often with credibility

What is ethos?

200

The people receiving the rhetoric

What is the audience?

200
The appeal to logic

What is logos?

200

This URL ending is used for websites created by colleges and universities

What is .edu?

300

The message the rhetor is sending to their audience

What is the argument?

300

The appeal to ethics

What is ethos?

300

An example of experience relevant to credibility

What is [degrees, job experience, life experience]?

400

The circumstances that influence a text

What is context?

400

The appeal to timing

What is kairos?

400

The person or organization that puts a text into the world

What is the publisher?

500

The reason the rhetor is making their argument

What is purpose?

500

This appeal is often evoked through images

What is pathos?

500

This type of "news source" purposefully creates fake stories

What is satirical?

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