Rhetorical Situation
Common Rhetorical Choices
Rhetorical Choice Examples
Rhetorical Analysis
Best Answer Wins
100

The three rhetorical appeals.

Ethos

Logos

Pathos


Double points if you can explain the difference between the three

100

a pattern of word choice 

Diction 

100

"The sultry sun slowly gilded the glassy lake, leaving lingering glimmers of gold upon the silent shore."

An example of ALLITERATION



100

In the rhetorical analysis essay, you are analyzing the author's ________________

rhetorical choices

100

You must use 2-3 of these

rhetorical choices

200

The difference between rhetorical appeals and rhetorical choices.

rhetorical choices create rhetorical appeals

200

The speaker’s attitude toward the subject/topic

Tone

200

"My high school science teacher was a stickler for safety and spent an entire hour lecturing us on the importance of checking our surroundings. He ended the class by walking backward toward the door to make a dramatic exit, only to trip over a trash can and fall flat on his back."

What is an example of an ANECDOTE?

200

Your thesis must include _____________ & _____________

rhetorical choices

author's purpose/message



200

What does an author have to consider when choosing their rhetorical choices

the audience, context, message, and purpose

300

The parts of the rhetorical situation

Speaker

Purpose

Audience

Context

Exigence

300

a short story about a real incident or person

Anecdote

300

What is an example of JUXTAPOSITION?

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness..."

300

Our ___________ should not explain what the author means in their speech/article. 

Commentary

300

The difference between message and purpose?

message is the main idea the speaker is trying to convey to the audience, while purpose is the intended effect or goal the speaker wants to achieve with that message - to inform, to persuade etc

400

The part of the Rhetorical Situation that refers to the specific event or 'spark' that triggered the writing of the text?

Exigence

400

a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.

rhetorical question 

400

"We stand as sentinels of liberty, bound by an unbreakable bond of allegiance to the republic."

What is PATRIOTIC DICTION?

400

Our ___________ shows an example of the author's use of a rhetorical devices. 

What is evidence?

400

The difference between context and exigence

context is the circumstances around a speech/text, while exigence is the event or situation that motivates the speaker to write the speech/text 

500

SPACE



Speaker

Purpose

Audience

Context

Exigence

500

One is direct/explicit, the other is indirect/implied.

Reference and allusion

500

"Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay."

What is an example of ALLUSION?



500

In the rhetorical analysis commentary, the rhetorical choice should be related back to...

my THESIS

500

explain the relationship between rhetorical appeals and rhetorical choices

rhetorical appeals are the methods of persuasion the speaker uses to influence an audience: ethos (credibility), pathos (emotion), and logos (logic), while rhetorical choices are the specific language tools or strategies the speaker uses to accomplish those appeals; essentially, the choices made to create the appeals within a text.

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