The role, stance, or _______ the writer is expected to assume when he or she writes an argument.
What is Persona
100
The person or people the writer is addressing in his or her argument or the ______ of person the writer expects will read the argument.
What is Type
100
What compels the writer to write the argument, what gives rise to the argument, what the argument is ______________.
What is responding to
100
What the writer wants to ____________ by writing the argument or why the writer is writing it.
What is accomplish
100
The subject the writer is addressing in his or her argument is the _____________.
What is Topic
200
In terms of the topic the writer is addressing, is the author writing as a _________ or a skeptic?
What is Believer
200
____________ people: when you or the author targets an individual such as a college president or the mayor of a city.
What is Specific
200
Does the writer place his or her argument in the ____________ of other arguments?
What is context
200
Writing to persuade: writers want to _______ their readers’ opinions by offering logical, properly qualified assertions that both establishes the writer’s authority and appeals to the readers’ reason and emotion.
What is Sway
200
We can look at the rhetorical situation from two perspectives:
As a reader
As a _______
What is Writer
300
One of the most important questions you should ask when questioning an author is what is the author's ___________?
What is Expertise
300
What does the writer assume about his or her reader’s _____________ toward the topic or knowledge of the subject?
What are Attitudes
300
In simple terms, what is "Occasion"?
What compelled the writer to write his or her argument.
300
_________________: Writers hope to synthesize a conflicting point of view into a more comprehensive whole.
What is Writing to reconcile or mediate
300
As a __________, we interrogate the rhetorical situation to glean a better understanding of the author’s intent and argument.
What is Reader
400
The author's feelings about the topic expressed in his/her writing are also called _______.
What is Bias
400
How has the writer adjusted the content, organization, or _________ of his or her argument to better sway his or her audience?
What is Style
400
There is always a _________ behind our writing
What is Purpose
400
The parts of the rhetorical situation ARE OR ARE NOT viewed in isolation.