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Patterns of Organization
The 3 Appeals
Rhetorical Terms 1
Rhetorical Terms 2
Toulmin's Model of Argument
100
"There are three types of athletes: olympic, competitive, and leisurely..."
What is classification and division?
100
"Think of all the starving children in Africa..."
What is pathos?
100
Word Choice
What is diction?
100
A person, place, name, number, color, or object that represents more than just itself.
What is a symbol?
100
The main idea, thesis, or assertion
What is the claim?
200
"With the economy like this...then the American public will struggle with..."
What is cause and effect?
200
Author for the New York Times and winner of the Pulitzer prize, so and so claims that...
What is ethos?
200
Repeating a sentence pattern or phrase for emphasis.
What is parallel structure?
200
Audience, Speaker, Subject
What is the Aristotelian Triangle?
200
Explanation
What is backing?
300
I'm saving my thesis statement for the end after building my case because my primary claim is controversial!
What is inductive reasoning?
300
As noted in a study by Harvard School of Medicine, 50% of teenagers...
What is logos?
300
Sentence structure
What is syntax?
300
When a word or phrase is used often throughout one's writing to make a point.
What is repetition?
300
Proof, citing experts, anecdotes, facts, statistics, evidence
What is grounds?
400
Using an anecdote with dialogue and action.
What is narration?
400
Thomas Jefferson was the governor of Virginia, the author of the Declaration of Independence, and the president of the United States of America.
What is ethos?
400
The attitude or emotion behind what is being said.
What is tone?
400
An extended comparison.
What is analogy?
400
A brief honoring of the other side, but then bring it back to your point.
What is a qualifier?
500
"As these five case studies have proven..."
What is exemplification?
500
Under the crown of Britain, people have suffered grave injuries from their own former kin...
What is pathos?
500
A story told to make a point.
What is an anecdote?
500
metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification
What is figurative language?
500
The underlying assumptions or beliefs upon which the argument rests.
What is the warrant?