Rhetorical Situation
This is who is literally listening to the discourse.
Who is concrete audience?
This is when a writer includes an example or numerous examples to prove their claim.
What is exemplification?
What is narration or description?
area of the argument that is high interest and engaging
This is meant to draw the reader into the argument
What is the Web/Exordium?
This is what you should always capitalize at the beginning of a sentence.
What is the first letter of the first word?
This is what the audience is supposed to understand and do after experiencing the discourse
What is purpose?
A writer may use this rhetorical choice in order to emphasize their message or reinforce previously mentioned ideas. This choice can also create a certain rhythm within the piece.
What is repetition?
Observing similarities and differences
What is compare and contrast?
area of the argument that supports the claim presented by the speaker
What is confirmation/confirmatio?
These are specific people, places, things, etc.
What are proper nouns?
This is the immediate cause that prompted the speaker to generate the argument.
What is exigence?
This refers to the types of words that the author utilizes.
What is diction?
Separating things into categories
What is division/classification?
The area of the argument where the speaker looks at the merits of others’ perspectives yet maintains his/her position by proving these perspectives incorrect
What is refutation/refutatio?
These are what we often refer to by the acronym FANBOYS.
What are conjunctions?
This is the general time, place, occasion, etc. out of which the argument emerges.
What is context?
This is the attitude or emotion that specific diction evokes.
What is tone?
Explaining how something is done
What is process analysis?
the area of the argument where the speaker focuses on presenting his or her claim (thesis)
What is partition/partitio?
This is when two independent clauses are joined together without proper punctuation.
What is a run-on sentence?
This is the term that includes ALL of the circumstances out of which an argument emerges.
What is the rhetorical situation?
When describing rhetorical choices that an author makes, you want to utilize...
What are rhetorically accurate verbs?
Observing instigating moments and their outcomes
area of the argument that connects its observations to other issues in the world
What is So what/peroratio?
This is the pronoun you should always capitalize.
What is the pronoun "I"?