Rhetorical Situation
This aspect of the rhetorical situation could be a written text, speech, or image
What is the message?
Used to demonstrate that the writer is credible and trustworthy
What is ethos?
the investigation of how communication works with particular focus on argument and persuasion
What is rhetoric?
Pro-life and pro-choice advocates may agree that the teen pregnancy rate should be reduced
What is seeking common ground?
Puncutation used to indicate the title of a newspaper article
What are quotation marks?
This aspect of the rhetorical sitation refers to the intended reader
What is the audience?
Offers logic and research.
What is logos?
An alphabetical list of sources quoted, paraphrase, or summarized in an essay
What is a works cited page?
If public schools start requiring students to wear uniforms, pretty soon the federal government will start telling people what to wear.
What is a slippery slope fallacy?
According to MLA formatting, this indicates the title of a publication
What are italics?
The goal that the speaker or writer wants to achieve
What is the purpose?
Word connotation plays an important role in this appeal
What is pathos?
To acknowledge that an objection is valid
What is concession?
If you don't stop using plastic straws, you are the enemy of the earth
What is a false dilemma fallacy?
(black and white, either/or)
a stage of the writing process in which a student improves the content of the essay
What is revision?
The creator of the message
Who is the author?
What is ethos or credibility?
to explain why an objection to an argument is incorrect or incomplete
What is refutation?
Taylor's argument is not persuasive because her emotional appeals are overly sentimental and her argument lacks sufficient logical evidence.
What is a rhetorical analysis thesis statement?
Ethos, pathos, logos, and kairos
What are rhetorical appeals?
The occasion or the time and place a piece was written or spoken
What is context?
This appeal refers to the opportune timing for an argument and is named after a Greek god with a unique hair style.
What is kairos?
another word for a thesis statement or an author's position on the topic
What is a claim?
Jones asserts...
According to Johnson,...
Payne claims...
What are signal phrases?
A stage of the writing process in which a student corrects capitalization errors
What is editing?