(Revised) The Rhetorical Situation

What inspires, provokes or stimulates the creation of a text?

• persona

• kairos

• ethos

• exigence

The face or "mask" that a speaker shows to his or her audience.

• Constraints

• Subject

• Persona

• Exigence

What is "the faculty of observing . . . the available means of persuasion" in any situation?

• Subject

• Rhetoric

• Tone

• Occasion

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The topic of the text. What the text is about.

• Purpose

• Rhetorical Situation

• Subject

• Constraints

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

The listener, viewer or reader of a text.

• Speaker

• Audience

• Subject

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Identify the primary appeal in this statement: "You should believe my diagnosis because I have 20 years of experience as a medical doctor."

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

Identify the primary appeal in this statement: "The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you." (Eisenhower's Speech to the troops before D-Day)

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

Identify the primary appeal in this statement: "All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal."

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

Rhetorical strategies used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or appealing.

• The Rhetorical Appeals

• The Rhetorical Situation

• concession & refutation

• The Rhetorical Triangle

The emotional "charge" that a word or phrase creates is its _______________________.

• Mood

• Attitude

• Denotation

• Connotation