Rhetorical Triangle
What are the three components of the Rhetorical Triangle?
What are ethos, pathos, and logos?
A question asked for effect, not meant to be answered.
What is a rhetorical question?
This is the person or group the speaker is trying to reach.
What is the audience?
This is the synthesis frame: While/Although [X] and [A/B], therefore [Y]. What does X, A, B, and Y stand for?
X = counter
A & B = factors or reasons that support position
Y = writers position
2. In context, the word bludgeons in “a physics teacher… who bludgeons students with weekly, memory-taxing tests” most nearly means: praises or overwhelms
What is overwhelms?
This appeal relies on the credibility or character of the speaker.
What is ethos?
Repeating the beginning part of a sentence for emphasis.
What is anaphora?
This element of the rhetorical situation is the main message or idea that the speaker wants to communicate.
What is the purpose?
This is the term for explaining how a source supports your claim.
What is commentary?
This special pouch is used at concerts and schools to lock up cell phones and keep people focused or engaged without distractions.
What is a Yondr pouch?
When a speaker uses facts, statistics, and logical reasoning, they are appealing to this.
What is logos?
This device compares two unlike things using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
This refers to the time, place, and current events that influence the message.
What is context?
In a synthesis essay, this type acknowledges the other side of the argument.
What is a concession?
In The Lion King, this character says, “Hakuna Matata,” meaning no worries.
Who is Timon (or Pumbaa)?
If a speaker tells a personal story to make the audience feel sympathy, they are using this rhetorical appeal.
What is pathos?
When opposite ideas are placed side by side to create contrast.
What is juxtaposition?
This is the event or issue that prompts the speaker to write or speak.
What is the exigence?
This technique involves not just dropping in a quote.
What is embedding the evidence?
This sport is known as “America’s pastime”
What is baseball?
This type of rhetorical appeal is at work when a speaker references their 20 years of experience as a doctor while discussing public health policy.
What is ethos?
Using exaggeration for emphasis or effect, such as “I’ve told you a million times,” is an example of this device.
What is hyperbole?
When a speaker adjusts their tone, style, or examples to connect with a specific audience’s values, beliefs, or background, this part of the rhetorical situation is being carefully considered.
What is audience?
This is the part of an argument where you disagree with the opposing viewpoint.
What is refutation?
This singer-songwriter gained fame on American Idol and is known for his hit song “Ghost Town.”
Who is Benson Boone?