Primary Elements
Who is speaking or writing?
Speaker
The attitude present that conveys the author's mood toward the subject
Tone
What appeals to logical thinking?
Logos
What is the author's point?
Main claim
Reader/Audience
What are the stylistic elements used to convey the argument?
Rhetorical Devices
What appeals to an audience's emotions?
Pathos
What are the talking points to support the main point?
Reasons & Evidence
What is the topic being addressed?
Subject
What are the organizational structures used to convey the argument?
Rhetorical Modes
What appeals to the creditability of an author?
What does the speaker hope to accomplish?
Purpose
How is the speaker connected to the audience?
Relationship
What is the mode that uses an anecdote to portray the author's claim?
Narration
What appeal does an author use when presenting their audience with numbers and statistics?
Logos
What was the speaker's motivation to write this?
Exigence
The prejudices of the speaker on the given topic
Bias
What is a mode that takes two things and shows that correlation and differences between them?
Compare/Contrast
What appeal would be most beneficial for an author to use if they wanted a deeper connection with the audience?
Pathos
When and where does the selection take place or was written?
Context