PURPOSES of ARGUMENT
A street sign.
What is to INFORM?
Forensic arguments.
What is arguments about the PAST?
Example: Is pollution of the oceans occurring?
What is an argument of FACT?
Generates emotions to shape a reader's response.
What is PATHOS?
The art of persuasion.
What is RHETORIC?
Closing arguments in a trial.
What is an argument to CONVINCE?
Debates what will or should happen.
What is arguments of the FUTURE?
Example: Is a human fetus a human being?
What is an argument of DEFINITION?
Presentation of self.
What is ETHOS?
The components of an argument work together to persuade an audience.
What is RHETORICAL ANALYSIS?
An advertisement.
What is an argument to PERSUADE?
Focuses on contemporary values in society.
What are arguments of the PRESENT?
What is an argument of EVALUATION (and CAUSALITY)?
Fact, evidence, statistics, testimony, historical evidence, concrete evidence.
What is LOGOS?
An text expressing a point of view.
What is an ARGUMENT?
Conducting an interview.
What is an argument to EXPLORE?
What are arguments of the PRESENT?
Example: A high school argues that excessive cell phone use during class is hurting student focus and learning. The school recommends requiring students to place their phones in designated holders at the beginning of each class.
What is a PROPOSAL argument?
Images, figurative and descriptive language.
What is PATHOS?
To change a point-of-view of or convince to take action.
What is PERSUASION?
Held to the standards of a professional field, may use specific terminology and include research.
What is an ACADEMIC argument?
Relies heavily on precedents.
What are arguments of the PAST?
Establishes a problem and develops a proposal for action.
What is a PROPOSAL argument?
Includes the topic, audience, speaker, and the context.
What is the RHETORICAL TRIANGLE?
Writing attempting to persuade at all costs sometimes by means of manipulation of information or emotions.
What is PROPAGANDA?