Rhetorical Situation
What are the three major rhetorical appeals?
Ethos
Logos
Pathos
DOUBLE POINTS if you can explain the difference between the three
What is a a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is compared to something that is not literally similar or true?
Metaphor
In January, major fires scorched areas of which U.S. city, killing dozens of people, destroying homes and businesses, and prompting tens of thousands to evacuate?
Los Angeles
I ring when it’s time to start or end. I’m not a phone, but I’m every student’s friend. What am I?
A school bell
In the rhetorical analysis essay, you are analyzing the author's ________________
rhetorical choices
Why is appealing to pathos not a rhetorical choice?
An appeal to pathos is created through rhetorical choices, such as including a personal anecdote or using negatively-charged language, but is not a rhetorical choice itself.
What is a short story used to illustrate a point the author is making?
Anecdote
What big change to its social media platforms did Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, announce at the start of the year?
It would no longer fact-check content.
What has a foot but no legs?
A ruler
Your thesis must include _____________ & _____________
rhetorical choices (method)
author's purpose (meaning)
DOUBLE POINTS
What are the three points of the rhetorical triangle?
Purpose
Audience
Speaker
What is a reference, usually vague or faint, to another thing, idea, or person?
Allusion
Who won best new artist at the 67th annual Grammy Awards in February, cementing her rocket-ship ascent as one of pop's biggest rising stars?
Chappell Roan
What has a heart that doesn't beat?
An artichoke
Your thesis should include ________ ________ verbs
rhetorically accurate
What's the difference between an author's purpose versus their exigence?
Purpose is what they want their audience to get out of it while exigence is what prompted them to address the topic at the present moment.
What term refers to the specific word choice an author uses to persuade or convey tone, purpose, or effect (AND should always include a descriptive word)?
Diction
President Trump signed an executive order on March 20 that he said would begin eliminating which cabinet department “once and for all”?
Department of Education
What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water?
A map
What basic components should body paragraphs in a rhetorical analysis include?
A claim about a rhetorical choice and its effect, evidence, commentary analyzing how the choice impacts the author's purpose
What does SPACECAT stand for?
Speaker
Purpose
Audience
Context
Exigence
Choices
Appeals
Tone
What is an argument technique wherein opposing arguments are anticipated and countered?
Rebuttal/refutation
DOUBLE POINTS
After being sworn in on Jan. 20 as the 47th president, President Trump swiftly made a series of major policy moves. During the first week of his presidency, he did all of the following EXCEPT:
A. He announced that his administration would double the number of federal employees.
B. He changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
C. He pardoned the rioters charged in connection with the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
D. He withdrew from the Paris climate agreement.
A
I have no mouth, but I can still talk. I often repeat, but I never balk. What am I?
An echo
In sophisticated rhetorical analysis commentary, the rhetorical choice should be related back to the
1._____________
2._____________
1. Audience
2. Purpose