SOAPSTONE
What does SOAPSTONE stand for?
Speaker/ Occasion/ Audience/ Purpose/ Subject/ Tone
What does DIDLS stand for?
Diction, Imagery, Details, Language, Syntax
What are the rhetorical techniques?
Ethos/ Logos/ Pathos
What does Rhetoric mean?
The art of persuasion.
What is imagery?
This is visually descriptive language.
What is the audience?
To whom the author is directing the writing to.
What is DIDLS used for?
An acronym for a series of questions to ask yourself when analyzing tone.
What are the big 5?
Diction, Syntax, Imagery, Figurative language, Details
What does analysis mean?
The breaking down of something to its part and interpreting how those parts fit together.
What is purpose?
The point the author is trying to convey.
What is Tone?
The way that the author feels about what they are writing.
What is diction?
The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
What do logos, ethos, and pathos appeal to?
Logic/ Emotion/ Ethics
What is the first step of writing a rhetorical analysis?
Identify the writer's purpose.
What are the three sides of the rhetorical triangle?
Subject/Writer/Reader
What is Soapstone used for?
An acronym for a series of questions to ask yourself when reading a piece of literature. It can help you understand the meanings behind works of literature, and even get you into the mind of the author.
What is syntax?
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
What is a pitfall you should avoid?
Summarizing in place of analyzing
How should a rhetorical analysis be organized?
Chronologically through the text being analyzed.
What can create a written or spoken pieces tone?
Diction/Details/Syntax/Imagery/Figurative Language
What is the difference between implicit and explicit audiences?
Implicit refers to the audience that it’s implied the author is speaking to, while explicit is the broader audience
What could long sentence structure mean in a piece?
It could demonstrate that a piece is academic and complex or that an author has a lack of proper writing knowledge if the sentences run on.
A research study used as a source would best support which rhetorical techniques?
Ethos because it most likely came from a specialist in the topic and logos because studies and observations provide facts.
What is the last step of rhetorical analysis?
Explain how the audience is expected to react to the writers strategies.
In written works an author can't use body language or volume to create a tone so they have to rely on diction.