Rhetoric
What does the acronym SPACECAT stand for?
Speaker, Purpose, Audience, Context, Exigence, Choices, Appeals, Tones
Any word, phrase, or clause that describes another word, phrase, or clause and makes its meaning more specific
a modifier
What components should be included in your thesis?
Rhetorical appeals (effects) and the speaker's purpose
Respond to the prompt with a claim that you can defend
Can there be more than one layer to the audience?
Yes!
When writing a rhetorical analysis, how should you organize your ideas?
How should you go about structuring your body pararaphs?
Analyze in chronological order (beginning, middle, end) rather than grouping based on type of rhetorical choice
What is an example of contrast from one of our readings?
Answers may vary
Identify the modifier in the following sentence: Melanie, whom I care about very much, just broke up with her partner.
whom I care about very much
For each strategy / effect you say the author employs, what's the minimum number of examples you should cite from the text?
2
Name 10 rhetorical strategies
What are.... diction, syntax, anecdote, imagery, tone, simile, metaphor, rhetorical question, personification, parallelism, juxtaposition, repetition, etc.
What is active and passive voice? Define or give examples.
Active- the subject performs the action
I ran the road race.
Passive-the action is done to the subject
The road race was run by me.
What are the 3 main things your analysis needs to address?
rhetorical choice, effect on audience, and connection to author's purpose
How can a speaker have more than one purpose? Explain how a speaker of one of the texts we read had more than one purpose and how it shifted during the speech.
answers may vary
Why might a writer/speaker decide to use passive voice?
1. Action perfomer is unknown
2. action performer isn't important
3. writer wants to emphasized what happened instead of the performer
4. writer wants to avoid naming the performer
Name 3 transitional phrases you could use to show contrast in your ideas.
Despite, on the other hand, even though, while, etc.