Rhetorical Appeals
What are the 3 types of rhetorical appeals?
Ethos, Logos, Pathos
What is author's purpose?
Why an author wrote a text.
What is 1 sentence type?
What is Mood?
The feeling/atmosphere of a text created through imagery and author's word choice.
What are the 3 main parts of an argument? (CRE)
Claims, Reasons, and Evidence
What is logos?
Appeal to logic
What are the 3 basic types of author's purposes?
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
What type of sentence is the following?
The door is locked and I don't have a key.
Compound Sentence
What is Tone?
The writer/author's attitude towards a subject or audience shown through word choice and writing style.
What is a claim?
A claim is an author's opinion/position.
What is ethos?
Appeal to credibility
What type of a text is it if an author wants you to do, buy, or believe something?
Persuasive text
Why do authors vary their sentence structure?
To keep the reader engaged and to reduce repetition. (To change things up within the text. Think about the Dr. Seuss example we discussed)
True/False: the mood and tone of a text can be very different.
True: (Example) In a horror novel, the main characters may be having a sleepover in a dark room. They might be enjoying themselves, and the passage may be written in a carefree tone, but thanks to the setting, genre, context clues, and details, the reader will pick up on a notably more sinister vibe.
What is a counterclaim?
An opposing claim
What is pathos?
Advertisements and political campaign speeches are both examples of what type of author's purpose?
Persuade
What is one purpose of using a simple sentence?
To convey something in a straightforward way OR to emphasize something in a text.
Which words and phrases from the sentence below best shows you the tone?
That waste of a movie really destroyed my Saturday.
"waste" & "destroyed"
What is a call to action?
The author "calling" or telling the reader to take action and do something.
Give an example of each type of rhetorical appeal.
(Answers may vary)
In a textbook, the author's purpose is to...
Inform
What are the main purposes of complex and compound-complex sentences?
To convey a lot of information or to describe something in a lot of detail.
Today was Wendell's birthday. He barely slept last night. He jumped out of bed and ran downstairs to the smell of pancakes cooking.
What would Wendell's mood be on his birthday?
Anxious, Excited, Crazy, or Angry?
Excited
What is a rebuttal?