Elements of Rhetorical Analysis
Author
Appeals
Purpose
Wild Jeopardy Question
100
Emphatic, general to specific, and chronological are all examples of...
What is arrangement
100
The person who is making an argument
What is author
100
This appeals to organization and logic in writing.
What is logos
100
The purpose that tells the audience about key facts, figures, and statistics, as well as essential people, places, events, and/or feelings.
What is to inform
100
The person or people who are receiving the argument
What is the audience
200
Most authors use specific language, context, and strategies because they are directing it towards a specific...
What is audience
200
The attitude of the author towards the audience or subject
What is the tone
200
Appeals based on credibility.
What is ethos
200
This purpose is to amuse readers. May have hidden meanings and a higher purpose to persuade however the main idea is to delight the audience.
What is to entertain
200
The means of spreading an argument (blog, letter, newspaper, etc.)
What is delivery
300
This element is strong or weak. It can be described as, cynical, humorous, sarcastic, or optimistic. (Remember the bumper sticker)
What is voice
300
A point of view that uses words such as I and us.
What is first person point of view
300
Appeals based on emotions.
What is pathos
300
This purpose is to attempt to convince the audience to do something or think a particular way.
What is to persuade
300
There are 2 ways to define the context. What are they?
What is (1) Who? What? Where? When? Why? and (2) all the circumstances surrounding the argument.
400
First person, third person (limited or omniscient) and second person are all examples of...
What is point of view
400
The writers predetermined opinion that may influence the delivery of their argument.
What is bias
400
A commercial about rescuing and adopting abused animals will rely most heavily on...
What is pathos
400
Political cartoons have three main purposes. What are they?
What is to persuade, inform, and entertain.
400
A type of arrangement that is used to make connections between some things and then separate some from others.
What is classification and division
500
The four parts of rhetorical analysis that stem from the authors writing.
What are POV, voice, tone, and style
500
A point of view where the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters
What is omniscient
500
A weather forecast is based on...
What is logos
500
Name the 5 types of Purposes.
What is to persuade, inform, explain, entertain, and describe
500
Also know as staying focused on the argument... not straying away from the purpose of the argument
What is staying in context
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