THAT'S A RHETORICAL SITUATION
The readers or listeners of a text or speech.
What is audience?
This persuasive appeal is used when listing evidence-based facts to support your argument.
What is logos?
A comparison between two things that are otherwise very different.
What is analogy?
"I really need this job since my grandmother is sick" is an example of this type of argument.
What is appeal to pity?
Multiple independent clauses not separated by any punctuation.
The existing information available about a topic.
What is context/background information?
You might use this appeal to make your reader feel angry about a topic.
What is pathos?
Points of agreement between an author and those who hold an opposing position.
What is common ground?
An false argument that suggests a chain reaction ending in some dire consequence.
What is a slippery slope argument?
The following phrase includes this grammatical error: "John was hurt, her words weren't very nice."
What is a comma splice?
The motivation behind a piece of writing.
What is purpose?
Using this appeal helps build trust with your audience.
What is ethos?
Repetition of a word/phrase or grammatical structure used for effect.
What is parallelism?
Setting up a wimpy version of the opponent’s position in order to easily knock it down.
What is straw man argument?
The grammatical term for words such as and, but, & or.
What is a coordinating conjunction?
What is stance?
This persuasive appeal is used when mentioning that Nikole Hannah-Jones is a pulitzer-prize winning journalist.
What is ethos?
This rhetorical device can be achieved through your word choice and sentence/paragraph structure.
What is tone?
A tangent that raises a side issue that distracts the audience from what's really at stake.
What is a red herring argument?
What is a mixed construction?
The format in which a text is delivered.
What is medium/design?
This persuasive appeal is used in "The Case for Reparations" when Ta Nehisi-Coates talks about the unfair treatment Clyde Ross's family received.
What is pathos?
This method of organizing an argument calls for using a warrant to connect the evidence to the claim.
What is the Toulmin method?
"Either you decide that you can afford this stereo or you decide to go without music for a while" is an example of this type of argument.
What is false dichotomy/dilemma?
The word in a sentence that a pronoun must refer back to.
What is an antecedent?