Rhetorical Terms Review

the demand in society, the situation that prompts someone to speak or take action; this is often outside of their control

• exigence

• context

• audience

• purpose

to inform / to persuade

• purpose

• audience

• exigence

• context

brings personal component to the subject, bias, and viewpoint

• text

• message/purpose

• tier 1

• author/speaker

the time period, place, or circumstance

the atmosphere in which something occurs

historical, political, cultural, environmental, social, etc.

• tier 2

• text

• context

• rhetoric

the target of the rhetoric

• speaker

• audience

• text

• rhetorical triangle

credibility

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

appeal to emotion

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

an appeal to basic logic or reason; progression of ideas

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

when two or more words, phrases, or ideas are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast or any other desired effect

• juxtaposition

• repetition

• anaphora

• syntax

a writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization of idea

• rhetorical device

• rhetorical mode

• rhetorical choice

• tone