Understanding Rhetoric
Rhetoric is language that's carefully constructed to persuade, motivate, or inform the reader or listener about the speaker or writer's position.
What are the three rhetoric appeals used in literature?
What is Logos, Ethos and Pathos?
"Boom! Wham! Pow!
Onomatopoeia
What is a stanza?
A group of lines in a poem.
Point Out the resemblances to to; liken to.
A. Compare
B. Contrast
C. Perspective
A. Compare
Documents that provide first-hand accounts of an event.
A. Primary Source
B. Secondary Source
A. Primary Source
Which rhetoric includes the following key terms:
emotions, feelings and imagination
Pathos
"Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet"
Alliteration
What is the feeling a reader gets from a text when reading called?
Mood
A particular attitude toward or way of regarding something.
A. Compare
B. Contrast
C. Perspective
C. Perspective
Documents created by someone who did not experience an event first-hand.
A. Primary Source
B. Secondary Source
B. Secondary Source
Which rhetoric includes the following key terms:
Character, trust, political issues, beliefs and credibility
Ethos
What is the main message or idea of a poem called?
What is theme?
What is the attitude of feeling an author creates in their writing called?
Tone
The action of calling attention to a notable difference.
A. Compare
B. Contrast
C. Perspective
B. Contrast
True or False
An interview is an example of a secondary source.
False, it is a primary source
Which rhetoric includes the following key terms:
statistics, evidence, facts, scientific and consistency
Logos
What type of poem has:
*14 lines
*three quatrains
*and a final couplet?
What is the internal feel or beat of a poem called?
Rhythm
Would this be a correct contrast?
A cat and a dog are different because a cat is a pet and a dog is not.
True or False
False, both are pets.
True or False
A Textbook is an example of a secondary source.
True
What is Irony?
This is a poem made up of the following:
*five tercets followed by a quatrain
*two repeating rhymes
*two refrains.
Villanelle
"Birds of a feather flock together:
Is this a good comparison:
Basketball is played on a court and soccer is played on a field.
True or False?
False, this is showing how they contrast.
What is an example of a primary source?
Possible Answers:
1. diary entry
2. newspaper article
3. autobiography
4. interview