Understanding Rhetoric by Losh, Alexander, Cannon & Cannon

Writing is dependent on the _____* in which it is written. (1) (*another word for this is occasion or situation)

• context

• location

• event

• position

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Writing is a ______ that involves communication between people. (1)

• social activity

• difficult task

• necessary evil

• emotional transcaction

Why did the authors choose to use the comic book format for the book? (1)

• Visual literacy is such an important part of our culture.

• Learning to read the different elements of a visual text is part of what we call visual literacy.

• Ideas about visual representations and how they help us tell stories have a long history in our culture.

• The framing of content matters.

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

What is another word for the context? (1)

• the rhetorical situation

• the take-away

• the purpose

• the audience

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Philosophers living hundreds of years ago developed the concept of rhetoric to ______. (2)

• facilitate discussion

• prevent the healthy exchange of ideas

• promote civil debate

• make language into a tool of domination

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Who disliked rhetoric? (2)

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Socrates

• Herodotus

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who believed that rhetoric was a useful tool? (2)

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Socrates

• Herodotus

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

This is the credibility that a speaker or writing brings to the subject that he or she is communicating about. (2)

• ethos

• logos

• pathos

• kairos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

This is the use of emotion in debate or argument. (2)

• ethos

• logos

• pathos

• kairos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

This is the appeal to reason. (2)

• ethos

• logos

• pathos

• kairos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5