Language of Composition Chapter 1

The study of effective, persuasive language use. According to Aristotle, use of "available means of persuasion"

• language and composition

• rhetoric

• rhetorical analysis

• argumentation

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.SL.11-12.3

CCSS.W.11-12.1B

One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed

• viewers

• judge

• speaker

• audience

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CCSS.SL.11-12.4

CCSS.SL.11-12.6

CCSS.W.11-12.4

Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning

• Setting

• Context/Occasion

• Exposition

• Subject

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CCSS.L.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing

• purpose

• persuasion

• goal

• objective

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CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.SL.11-12.3

Topic addressed in a piece of writing

• exigence

• context

• thesis

• subject

Term used for the author or the person whose perspective is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing

• speaker

• audience

• point of view

• main character

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CCSS.RI.11-12.6

Diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience

• Rhetorical Diamond

• Rhetorical Square

• Rhetorical Triangle

• Rhetorical CIrcle

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CCSS.SL.11-12.3

Speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing

• Author

• Writer

• Persona

• Audience

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience

• Mood

• Point of view

• Perspective

• Tone

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.SL.11-12.3

An issue, problem, or situation that causes or prompts someone to write or speak.

• Exigence

• Motivation

• Conflict

• Argument

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CCSS.SL.11-12.1

CCSS.SL.11-12.4