Rhetorical Analysis

Basic Definitions

100

Rhetoric is the way we use ______________________to persuade an audience.

What is images and text

200

When you do rhetorical analysis, you have to look at a text from the perspective of both the __________and the ______________.

What is reader and writer

300

One of the basics of rhetorical analysis is the understanding that all writing and rhetoric is a series of _______.

What is choices

400

what is exigence?

What is the change a writer is looking for derived from how someone writes, what has influenced them, who they are writing for, and  why they are writing.

500

 explain rhetorical analysis

“in a rhetorical analysis essay, you determine a source text’s rhetorical effectiveness by examining how the author employs language and/or visual images to achieve a particular effect”  

Rhetorical Situation

100

When discussing rhetorical context, another word for "context" is

What is situation

200

Exigence is the circumstance or condition that invites a response; rhetorical discourse is usually --------------- some kind of problem.

What is responding to

300

What is the rhetorical triangle?  

The relationship between speaker, audience, and topic.  

400

If you ask the questions “what is the ad responding to? What problem does it hope to address?” , what part of the rhetorical context are you looking at?

What is the exigence/purpose/occasion

500

What does the understanding the rhetorical situation mean?

That you have figured out the message being sent through the way the writing is composed vs. the words alone.  

Ethos, pathos, logos

100

Aristotle articulated three “artistic appeals” that a rhetor could draw on to make a case—what are they?

What are logos, pathos, and ethos?

200

argument from reason; it appeals to an audience’s intellectual side. As audiences we want to know the “facts of the matter,” and this type of appeal helps present these—statistics, data, and logical statements.

What is logos?

300

This type of appeal comes in many forms: an anecdote or narrative, an image such as a photograph, or even humor.

What is Pathos?

400

when you, as a reader or viewer, are asked to trust a speaker’s credibility to believe the message this speaker is giving, it is an example of (pathos? Logos? Ethos?)

What is ethos?

500

Both candidates used a great deal of pathos during the debate. Does this sentence use wording that is appropriate for describing rhetorical strategy?

What is NO-- "pathetic appeal" or "pathos-driven" approach, which can be seen when the candidates did what, used what words, said what, specifically?

Rhetorical Analysis

100

What are all the components needed to demonstrate the effect of a motif?

You must explain the various themes that unite under a larger umbrella concept to create an overall vibe/mood/effect

200

What is the difference between compare/contrast and juxtaposition?

Compare and contrast discusses the commonalties or differences.  

Juxtaposition requires you to explain the effect of placing two contrasting ideas/images side by side.  

300

If an author shares many of his or her personal experiences and draws attention to his/her understanding of how complex a topic is, is that a logical, a pathetic or an ethical appeal?

What is Ethical

400

What is the "Does" part of rhetorical analysis and HOW do you write it?

When you explain the action and impact of the writing strategies by explaining the denotations and connotations of the term.  

500

What is needed to explain the action and impact of imagery?

You have to explain the visual picture the words create and why this visualization is necessary.  Explain why we need to see it using the denotations and connotations of the words the build the image.