Rhetorical Analysis
This rhetorical strategy is appealed to when the author uses logic and reasoning to support their idea.
What is logos?
This is the main point the writer is trying to make.
What is a thesis?
This is how many sources you must use in order to score above a 2 in Synthesis Row B.
What is 3 or more?
This is the number of questions on the Multiple Choice section.
What is 45?
This was the first Pixar movie.
What is Toy Story?
This is who the author is appealing to.
What is the audience?
This is part of the reasoning of the thesis.
What is a claim?
This is what type of evidence you must use in order to score above a 2 in Synthesis Row B.
What is specific evidence? What are quotes?
This is the number you are looking to get right on the Multiple Choice section.
What is 24?
This is the rarest blood type.
What is AB-?
This is what causes the author to write their piece and is an important part of understanding their rhetorical choices.
What is exigence?
This is a call to action and what the author wants the audience to do.
What is a purpose?
This is the type of snack you want to serve when writing a Synthesis essay.
What is a fruit smoothie?
This is how much time you have on the Multiple Choice section.
What is 60 minutes?
In this city, a law requires that the McDonald's arches are turquoise rather than yellow.
What is Sedona, AZ?
This word describes how the author feels about their topic and relies on diction and syntax to achieve.
What is tone?
This is the only type of evidence that should be used.
What is specific evidence?
This is how you make a fruit smoothie.
What is using more than one source per claim?
This is the order the essays are presented in.
What is Synthesis, Rhetorical Analysis, and Argument?
This is what Red Dye #40 is made out of.
What are beetles?
This is the magic word in English class.
What is because?
This is the first thing you should do upon reading the argument prompt.
What is "turn the prompt into a question" or "decide what type of claim you will be making?"
This is how many sources you will traditionally be given and how much time you have to read them.
What is 6 and 15 minutes?
This is the total amount of time you have for your essays.
What is 135 minutes?
This common work out device was originally used to torture people.
What is a treadmill?