APELC Unit 1 Key Term Review, part 1

Rhetorical situation includes

Select all that apply!

• exigence

• author's purpose

• audience

• message

• context

Exigence is

• the part of the rhetorical situation that inspires the author to write

• a complex thesis

• the ending of an argument

• an introduction to the argument where the speaker addresses counterclaims

The purpose of the argument is

• what a writer hopes to accomplish with the text.

• what the author wants the audience to believe.

• what the speaker claims is the solution to a hypothetical fallacy.

• what the audience questions about the foundations of the argument.

The audience

Select all that apply.

• has individual beliefs, values, and needs.

• has shared beliefs, values, and needs.

• wants the speaker to be reliable, credible, and relatable.

• is not connected to the speaker.

Rhetorical context includes

Select all that apply.

• time

• place

• occassion

Rhetoric is the study of

Select all that apply.

• the ways a speaker conveys a message to an audience

• an evaluation of the effectiveness of an argument

• a tool to help writers become more effective.

• a confusing discipline that has no relevance to today.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Who wrote the first text on rhetoric?

• Socrates

• Aristotle

• Jefferson

• Seneca

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which speaker did you find more effective?

• Doug Jones

• Keisha Lance-Bottoms

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What questions do you have about terms in 1.1 and 1.2?

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Message refers to

• what the speaker wants the audience to believe.

• what the speaker wants the audience to do as a result of the argument.