Intro to Rhetorical Analysis

What method is used to analyze visuals?

• SMILE

• DIDLS

• OPTIC

• TAPS

Answer explanation

O- Overview

P- Parts

T- Tone

I- Interrelations

C- Conclusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Rhetoric is the study of how writers and speakers use words to influence an audience.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

What is the overall goal of a rhetorical analysis essay?

• To explain what the author is talking about

• To express how the author writes

• To persuade the audience of an idea

• To convince the reader

Answer explanation

The goal of a rhetorical analysis is to articulate HOW the author writes, rather than WHAT they actually wrote.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What three elements must you consider when creating or analyzing a text?

• Purpose, setting, tone

• Writer, reader, message

• Purpose, organization, support

• Subject, audience, writer

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.4

What are the rhetorical appeals?

• Ethos, Pathos, Logos

• Claim, thesis, argument

• Simile, analogy, hyperbole

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

Define Logos:

• An ethical appeal that argues something or someone is morally "good" or "bad"

• An emotional appeal that affects your feelings through empathy, humor, or desire

• A logical appeal that argues something "makes sense"

Answer explanation

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Define Pathos:

• An emotional appeal that affects your feelings through empathy, humor, or desire

• A logical appeal that argues that something "makes sense"

• An ethical appeal that argues something or someone is morally "good" or "bad"

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Define Ethos:

• A logical appeal that argues that something "makes sense"

• An ethical appeal that argues something or someone is morally "good" or "bad"

• An emotional appeal that affects your feelings through empathy, humor, or desire.

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4

Name the type of appeal being used here:

Nearly 25% of all car accidents are caused by drivers using a cell phone while driving.

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

What appeal is being used here?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.SL.9-10.3