What is ...?
The art of effective communication
What is rhetoric?
The reason for creating a text
What is purpose?
A general statement informing the reader of what the paragraph will be about
What is a topic sentence?
A report, review, and argument are all types of
What is genre?
The boy jumped, the cat danced.
What is a comma splice?
The use of emotions as a technique in communication
What is pathos?
The people or group of people a text is for
What is intended audience?
The argument or stance a writer makes
What is a thesis?
The puppy looked into the camera with its big sad eyes, covered in dirt and whimpering. A voice off-screen asks you to donate to help save dogs like this from a life on the streets.
What is pathos?
OR
What is an emotional appeal?
I dance with the wind under the bloodless moon the others await me beyond the pale
run on sentence
Building your character/reputation as a technique in communication
What is ethos?
The format and style in which a text is created
What is genre?
The attitude of a text
What is tone?
After studying sea anemones for decades, the marine biologist published a book filled with surveys and studies they conducted and had peer-reviewed.
What is ethos?
OR
What is credibility/establishing credibility?After the fall of mankind Jessica decided it was the perfect moment to practice the clarinet.
Veracious language/communication used to achieve a particular purpose
What is logos?
The circumstances in which a text is created
What is context?
OR
What is a rhetorical situation?
Words or phrases used to connect ideas
What are transitions?
The student body president presented their Dean with stacks of scientific studies, survey results, and observational evidence as to why dogs should always be on campus.
What is logos?
OR
What are logical appeals?
The zombie chomps on my elbow and twirled me in the air like a whip. I was a goner.
verb tense shift
Communication that utilizes the current time, space, and setting to strengthen their appeal
What is kairos?
The particular perspective an individual or group of individuals hold(s)
What is stance?
The combination of many texts to support an idea or thesis
What is synthesis?
Maria's presentation was an absolute failure - as it turns out, toddlers are not the right group for discussing the importance of sorting recyclables.
What is intended audience?
I had held my breath as I aimed the nozzle but I hesitated at the last second, costing me the game.
Missing comma in a compound sentence
The point of which two disagreeing parties can agree
OR
Establishing a baseline of information for an audience
What is common ground?
The visual and aesthetic choices in the creation of a text
What is medium/design?
OR
What is style?The ability to hear others in an open and understanding way
What is rhetorical listening?
While The Child and The Mandalorian did not agree about what buttons should be pushed, they both did see the benefit of swallowing frogs whole.
What is synthesis?
Because of the quickly fading light from the sky.
Fragment