SB 4.4 Rhetorical Slanters

Rhetorical slanters are words that out a ____________________________________ spin on what the speaker or writer is saying.

• attractive or unattractive

• just or unjust

• equal or unequal

• negative or positive

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a rhetorical analogy is...

• the use of figurative comparisons to send a positive or negative feeling about the subject
• language that suggests the subject deserves scorn
• extravagant overstatement
• an opinion expressed as fact

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Which is an example of innuendo?

• saying "bulk up" instead of gain weight to make yourself feel better

• A college recruiter speaking to you: "Think carefully about which college you choose. You want to pick the school that is the right fit for you."

• ridiculing a town that values football too much when you don't even care about football

• criticizing a news source by saying hardly anyone watches their programmimg

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McKinney made her name in Georgia politics as a rhetorical bomb-thrower. Colleagues in the statehouse dubbed her "Hanoi Cynthia" after a 1991 speech denouncing the Persian Gulf War.

— Bill Turque, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 1993

Which slanter uses EMOTIONALLY CHARGED language like in the example above?

• rhetorical definition

• hyperbole

• truth surrogate

• rhetorical explanation

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Which is an example of a truth surrogate?

• An eye-witness stated that the crowd went wild and knocked over the barricades.

• A lethal injection is administered for the purposes of euthanasia or as a means of capital punishment.

• Gomez writes that "people are mostly good at heart." The author is simply wrong.

• The senior congressman was well-known for introducing progessive legislation.

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TRUE or FALSE

Writers and directors can influence our perspective on a subject through the use of selection and omission of specific content.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Which is an example of downplaying?

• The Pulitzer Prize winning author was coming to speak at our school.

• I am so hungry I could eat a horse.

• I've found a way to get some "extra help" on the test.

• That so-called expert thinks I should get a whole new tire.

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Which example demonstrates hyperbole?

• The building is on fire.

• A manned misson to Mars is a possiblity in the future.

• I’m so tired that I could sleep for a week.

• Keeping up with school work takes dedication.

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The expression of an opinion as if it were fact, and doing so in biased language, as in:

Joe didn't have the guts to fight back.

• rhetorical anallogy

• rhetorical explanation

• rhetorical surrogates

• rhetorical definition

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True or False?

Rhetoric - the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing - may be the most powerful tool through which our perceptions can be influenced.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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