Rhetorical Situation
The three rhetorical appeals.
Ethos
Logos
Pathos
Double points if you can explain the difference between the three
a pattern of word choice
Diction
"The sultry sun slowly gilded the glassy lake, leaving lingering glimmers of gold upon the silent shore."
An example of ALLITERATION
In the rhetorical analysis essay, you are analyzing the author's ________________
rhetorical choices
You must use 2-3 of these
rhetorical choices
The difference between rhetorical appeals and rhetorical choices.
rhetorical choices create rhetorical appeals
The speaker’s attitude toward the subject/topic
Tone
"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?
Your thesis must include _____________ & _____________
rhetorical choices
author's purpose/message
What does an author have to consider when choosing their rhetorical choices
the audience, context, message, and purpose
The parts of the rhetorical situation
Speaker
Purpose
Audience
Context
Exigence
a short story about a real incident or person
Anecdote
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..."
Our ___________ should not explain what the author means in their speech/article.
Commentary
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
The part of the Rhetorical Situation that refers to the specific event or 'spark' that triggered the writing of the text?
Exigence
a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.
rhetorical question
"We stand as sentinels of liberty, bound by an unbreakable bond of allegiance to the republic."
What is PATRIOTIC DICTION?
Our ___________ shows an example of the author's use of a rhetorical devices.
What is evidence?
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
SPACE
Speaker
Purpose
Audience
Context
Exigence
One is direct/explicit, the other is indirect/implied.
Reference and allusion
"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?
In the rhetorical analysis commentary, the rhetorical choice should be related back to...
my THESIS
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.