Rhetorical Situation
What are the three rhetorical appeals?
Ethos
Logos
Pathos
Double points if you can explain the difference between the three
a pattern of word choice & the speaker’s attitude toward the subject/topic are?
Diction & Tone
How many multiple choice questions are there?
45
In the rhetorical analysis essay, you are analyzing the author's ________________
rhetorical choices
Why does an author use rhetorical choices?
To persuade and convey their message
rhetorical choices create rhetorical appeals
metaphors, similes, allusions are all examples of?
What is comparison?
How long do you have for the MC portion?
1 hour/60 minutes
Your thesis must include _____________ & _____________
rhetorical choices
author's purpose/message
DOUBLE POINTS
What does an author have to consider when choosing their rhetorical choices
the audience, context, message, and purpose
What are the three points of the rhetorical triangle?
Subject
Audience
Speaker
a short story about a real incident or person
Anecdote
How many essays are there?
3
Our ___________ should not explain what the author means in their speech/article.
Commentary
What is the difference between message and purpose?
message is the main idea the speaker is trying to convey to the audience, while purpose is the intended effect or goal the speaker wants to achieve with that message - to inform, to persuade etc
What's the difference between an author's purpose versus their exigence?
Purpose is what they want their audience to get out of it while exigence is the reason WHY they wrote it.
a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.
rhetorical question or hypophora
Name all three essay types
Synthesis
Rhetorical Analysis
Argument
Our ___________ shows an example of the author's use of a rhetorical devices.
What is evidence?
What is the difference between context and exigence?
context is the circumstances around a speech/text, while exigence is the event or situation that motivates the speaker to write the speech/text
What does SPACE stand for?
Speaker
Purpose
Audience
Context
Exigence
Juxtaposition or identifying meaningful differences are examples of?
Contrast
What is the TOTAL time that you have for the essay portion?
2 hrs 15 min
In the rhetorical analysis commentary, the rhetorical choice should be related back to...
SPACE, mainly Audience and Purpose
explain the relationship between rhetorical appeals and rhetorical choices
rhetorical appeals are the methods of persuasion the speaker uses to influence an audience: ethos (credibility), pathos (emotion), and logos (logic), while rhetorical choices are the specific language tools or strategies the speaker uses to accomplish those appeals; essentially, the choices made to create the appeals within a text.