Rhetorical Appeals
The rhetorical appeal that has to do with emotion.
What is pathos?
The rhetorical appeal that has to do with word choice.
What is diction?
What is a triangle?
This dog hangs out with Finn the human.
Who is Jake?
The heart of this tiny creature beats 10 times a second.
What is a hummingbird?
The rhetorical appeal that has to do with an argument or logic.
What is logos?
The rhetorical choice that has to do with sentence structure and length.
What is syntax?
This element of the rhetorical situation has to do with the creator of a text.
What is the speaker?
This Shakespeare play features Beatrice and Benedick, who are "too wise to woo peaceably."
What is Much Ado about Nothing?
This city lies in both Europe and Asia.
What is Istanbul?
The rhetorical appeal that has to do with the speaker's credibility.
What is ethos?
The rhetorical choice that has to do with the speaker's attitude toward their subject.
What is tone?
This element of the rhetorical situation most often has to do with who will see/hear/read your text.
What is the audience?
This is the official name of a baby llama.
What is a cria?
There are an average of 50 deaths a year in the US caused by this weather occurrence.
What is lightning?
What must you name when you are describing pathos?
To describe tone, first identify relevant diction and imagery, then categorize those examples according to this type of descriptor.
An emotion!
What is context?
This trail is nearly 500 miles long and travels from Denver to Durango.
What is the Colorado Trail?
This person was the only person allowed to drive in Great Britain without a drivers' license.
Who is Queen Elizabeth II?
The rhetorical appeal that Aristotle considered the most important.
What is ethos?
All of these rhetorical choices work to support what more fundamental elements of rhetoric?
What are the rhetorical appeals and/or situation.
This term refers to the impetus for creating a text, i.e., the immediate reason that someone creates a text.
What is exigence?
This (in)famous Lakewood landmark was recently purchased by the creators of South Park.
What is Casa Bonita!!!!
This famous Puritan preacher was the grandfather of Aaron Burr -- and is also a distant relative of Ms Grell.
Who is Jonathan Edwards?