Rhetorical Strategies
Rhetoric and Virality
Course Policies/Syllabus
On the horizon...
Other terms in Unit I...
100
This strategy concerns the order in which an author has decided to present his or her arguments.
What is arrangement?
100
The faculty of discovering in any given situation the available means of persuasion.
What is RHETORIC?
100
You can miss this many days without penalty.
What are two days?
100
The name of the major assignment in Unit II.
What is controversy analysis?
100
MLA; what does it stand for?
What is Modern Language Association?
200
This strategy refers to the ways that an author establishes credibility.
What is ethos?
200
Audience, Purpose, Context...
What is the Rhetorical Situation?
200
These are the three textbooks required for the course.
What are SG, RW, WPL?
200
This is the due date of your rhetorical analysis--final draft.
What is Monday, 2/24?
200
Concerns the flow of sentences and paragraphs from one to another. It involves the tying together of old information and new.
What is cohesion?
300
This strategy describes a speaker's way of "leveling" with his or her diverse audience.
What is identification?
300
“Most _________ will identify and analyze a range of rhetorical strategies that a text uses, although it is also possible to write an entire essay that centers on an in-depth analysis of just one of the strategies listed below…” (SG 186)
What are rhetorical analyses?
300
In these two instances your absence can be excused.
What are religious observation and the furnishing of a dean's note?
300
Next week I will be meeting with you individual for how many minutes?
What is 5 minutes?
300
“A _________in the genre of argument usually appears in the form of a statement about a rhetorical situation or problematic issue, and it exerts control over features of the essay, serving as a sort of glue that holds the essay together”
What is thesis?
400
Often called "facts."
What are inartistic proofs?
400
1-3:00 minutes describes this important feature of virality.
What is timing or duration of video?
400
This is the day and time of office hours.
What is Thursday, 2-3?
400
For the controversy analysis, you will be developing two documents which are?
What is an infographic and a rationale/reflection statement?
400
When in doubt, remember it all comes back to __________. (Hint: has to do with rhetorical analyses)
What is audience?
500
Umbrella term to describe the many ways in which points of an argument are questionable or invalid.
What are logical fallacies?
500
Logos, pathos, ethos are ___________ not rhetoric!
What is either Aristotelian appeals or rhetorical strategies?
500
Your rhetorical analysis will be worth this percentage of your grade.
What is 20%?
500
When is Spring Break?
What is March 15-23, 2014?
500
What does PIE stand for?
What is Point, Illustration, and Explanation.
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