Rhetorical Situation
This aspect of the rhetorical situation could be a written text, speech, or image
What is the message?
Used to demonstrate that the writer is credible and trustworthy
What is ethos?
the investigation of how communication works with particular focus on argument and persuasion
What is rhetoric?
A professor notices that his students are more concerned about grammar errors than the content of their essays. This motivates him to write a journal article.
What is inspiration?
Puncutation used to indicate the title of a newspaper article
What are quotation marks?
This aspect of the rhetorical sitation refers to the intended reader
What is the audience?
Offers logic and research.
What is logos?
A question or problem that motivated someone to write an argument
What is inspiration?
As the result of a letter written to the local paper about speeding teenagers, the police department sends a patrol car to give tickets to people speeding in the neighborhood.
What in an implication?
According to MLA formatting, this indicates the title of a publication
What are italics?
The goal that the speaker or writer wants to achieve
What is the purpose?
Word connotation plays an important role in this appeal
What is pathos?
The unforseen outcomes of an argument
What are implications?
An intelligent viewer demonstrates the skill after she watches an advertisement for a Chromebook. Before making the purchase, she conducts comparative research to help make the decision.
What is critical thinking?
a stage of the writing process in which a student improves the content of the essay
What is revision?
The creator of the message
What is the author?
The ancient Greek philospher who created the rhetorical triangle
Aristotle
the act of examining the individual elements of something to see how the parts contribute to the whole
What is analysis?
Taylor's argument is not persuasive because her emotional appeals are overly sentimental and her argument lacks sufficient logical evidence.
What is a rhetorical analysis thesis statement?
Ethos, pathos, logos, and kairos
What are rhetorical appeals?
The occasion or the time and place a piece was written or spoken
What is context?
This appeal refers to the opportune timing for an argument and is named after a Greek god with a unique hair style.
What is kairos?
explanations of how a support holds up a claim
What are rationales?
Jones asserts...
According to Johnson,...
Payne claims...
What are signal phrases?
A stage of the writing process in which a student corrects capitalization errors
What is editing?