Rhetorical Situation
Rhetoric & Her Appeals
MLA Citation
Writing Guide: Chapter 11
Workin’ Languages: Who We Are Matters in Our Writing
100
This element of the rhetorical situation:
affects the ways in which a particular social, political, or economic situation influences the process of communication.
What is context?
100
Define Rhetoric.
What is:
“ ‘techniques and theories of communication.’ ” (10).
“use of effective communication in written, visual, or other forms and understanding of its impact on audiences as well as of its organization and structure” (17).
use of effective communication in written, visual, or other forms and understanding of its impact on audiences as well as of its organization and structure”
the wide array of communicative devices humans have at their disposal to create effects on each other.
is the use of symbolic action by human beings to share ideas, enabling them to work together
“ ‘the capacity to affect and be affected’- rhetoric becomes the art of movement, or how people use their bodies to create movements and change”
100
When using someone else’s exact words, you must do this in MLA.
What is put the quote in quotation marks and cite it?
100
Writing Guide describes ______ as “reasoning based on thought and evidence.”
Logic
100
"Our strong belief that who we are and how we critically use language matters in our writing is sustained by an understanding of language identified as __________."
OR
This concept emphasizes that writers bring their full language practices (not just “standard English”) into writing.
What is translingualism?
200
The audience imagined by the communicator
What is Invoked Audience?
200
Rhetorical Appeals are also known as
What are methods of persuasion?
200
Rewriting a source in your own words without changing the meaning is called this.
What is paraphrasing?
200
List three strategies of reasoning (from chapter 11):
What are:
-Analogy
-Definition
-Cause & Effect
-Problem and Solution
-Comparison and Contrast
-Classification and Division
200
________ assumes there is one “correct” English and pass judgment on other ways of speaking or writing.
What is monolingual ideology?
300
-A tool that helps us use language by grouping it into categories or types.
-Structure, organization, & textual patterns.
What is genre?
300
These are examples of:
Using information that can be fact checked (using multiple sources)
Thorough explanations to support key points
Non-biased explanation of one’s argument
Comparison
Cause/effect thinking
What is describing logos?
300
In MLA, this belongs in parentheses after a quote: (______).
What is:
the author's last name and page number? [Ex: (Anzaldúa 112)]
300
These words and phrases are examples of _____.
-enigma
-ironically
-for this reason
-the aforementioned
What are signal words?
300
Alvarez, Wan, & Lee describe writers as ______, making deliberate “design choices” with language.
What is language architect?
400
The following below refers to:
-“The conditions of a rhetorical situation refer to the genre, purpose, stance, context, and culture” (11).
-“Public Address” Scholarship
-a fundamental framework for understanding rhetoric as a form of persuasion, that is, as a speech or text that seeks to influence an audience’s actions
-describes rhetoric as a response to a problem or an answer to a question
The Rhetorical Situation
400
From The Cost of Fish
"Once I learned this information, discourse about how it’s solely up to corporations to become more sustainable, and that individuals shouldn’t be held responsible for the planet’s ongoing degradation suddenly sounded hollow—just another reason to keep consuming whatever we wanted, consequence-free. It occurred to me that as an individual I did have one avenue of power: I could choose where to spend my money. So I stopped spending my money on fish" (Sherman).
Describe the appeals used in this quote.
Pathos & Ethos
400
You're paraphrasing a source in your own words. Do you still need to cite it in MLA style? Why or why not?
What is:
Yes, because the idea or concept still came from someone else, even if the words are your own.
400
Describe how a writer might use classification differently from comparison and contrast when organizing an argument.
What is:
a writer using classification organizes or divides their subject into categories to group ideas, while using comparison and contrast draws out the similarities and differences between two or more items to highlight relationships?
400
Describe the difference between code-meshing and translingualism.
Code-meshing is the practice of blending different languages or dialects in a single text, while translingualism is a broader framework or idea that language is always fluid, negotiated, and shaped by context.
500
Describe difference between exigence and purpose.
Exigence- The thing to which a speech – the rhetorical response – responds or Whatever prompted a rhetorical action; the opportunity for communication.
Purpose- What the writer and the text aim to do
500
The appeal Wendy's Twitter/X account uses here.
Kairos
500
In MLA format, where does the period go when ending a sentence with a parenthetical citation? Give an example.
What is:
After the citation. Example: “This is a quote” (Young 82).
500
What text, also foundational in rhetoric, is used as an example to illustrate strategies?
Book VII (7) of The Republic by Plato
500
_________ refers to when specific meanings and social constructs are assigned to communities, languages, and cultural practices.
What is racialization (or linguistic racism / linguistic injustice)?