Rhetorical Situation
The essential background information vital to the situation being written about.
What is context?
Appeals to logic.
What is logos?
A style of argumentation that breaks arguments down into six components: claim, grounds, warrant, qualifier, rebuttal, and backing.
What is the Toulmin argument?
Attacking a person rather than their argument.
What is the ad hominem fallacy?
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
What is anaphora?
The intended effect the author wanted to have on the audience.
What is purpose?
Appeals to character.
What is ethos?
Developed the Classical argument.
Who was Aristotle?
An analogy between two things that are not comparable.
What is the faulty analogy fallacy?
An assertion of the truth of something, typically one that is disputed or in doubt.
What is a claim?
The one who creates the writing.
Who is the writer?
Appeals to emotions.
What is pathos?
a structured style of persuasion that follows a specific format, aiming to convince the audience through logic and reasoning.
What is a classical argument?
When the speaker uses an intentionally poor example to ridicule the opponent's viewpoint.
What is the straw man fallacy?
An argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument.
What is a counterargument?
The overarching theme of a work.
What is the message?
A writer detailing their experience in the military in a persuasive piece on a war.
What is ethos?
A non-confrontational style of writing that aims to find common ground between opposing views.
What is a Rogerian argument?
Repeating a claim to provide evidence.
What is circular reasoning?
The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
What is diction?
The event that motivates someone to write the work.
What is exigence?
A scientist citing peer-reviewed studies and statistical data in an article advocating for climate change action.
What is logos?
A written discussion that combines multiple sources and ideas to reach a broader perspective.
What is synthesis?
When there is not enough evidence to support a conclusion.
What is a hasty generalization?
the process of using a series of reasons and evidence to reach a conclusion.
What are lines of reasoning?