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The Basics
Generic Writing Terms
Examples of Rhetoric
Grammar Time
100

The art of effective communication

What is rhetoric?

100

The reason for creating a text

What is purpose?

100

A general statement informing the reader of what the paragraph will be about

What is a topic sentence?

100

A report, review, and argument are all types of

What is genre?

100

The boy jumped, the cat danced.

What is a comma splice?

200

The use of emotions as a technique in communication

What is pathos?

200

The people or group of people a text is for

What is intended audience?

200

The argument or stance a writer makes

What is a thesis?

200

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?

200

I dance with the wind under the bloodless moon the others await me beyond the pale

run on sentence

300

Building your character/reputation as a technique in communication

What is ethos?

300

The format and style in which a text is created

What is genre?

300

The attitude of a text

What is tone?

300

   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?
300

After the fall of mankind Jessica decided it was the perfect moment to practice the clarinet.

comma after introductory element
400

Veracious language/communication used to achieve a particular purpose

What is logos?

400

The circumstances in which a text is created

What is context?

OR 

What is a rhetorical situation?

400

Words or phrases used to connect ideas

What are transitions?

400

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?

400

The zombie chomps on my elbow and twirled me in the air like a whip. I was a goner.

verb tense shift


500

Communication that utilizes the current time, space, and setting to strengthen their appeal

What is kairos?

500

The particular perspective an individual or group of individuals hold(s)

What is stance?

500

The combination of many texts to support an idea or thesis

What is synthesis?

500

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?

500

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

600

The point of which two disagreeing parties can agree

OR

Establishing a baseline of information for an audience

What is common ground?

600

The visual and aesthetic choices in the creation of a text

What is medium/design?

OR

What is style?
600

The ability to hear others in an open and understanding way

What is rhetorical listening?

600

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?

600

Because of the quickly fading light from the sky.

Fragment

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