Rhetorical Analysis

Which examples are types of first-hand evidence?

• current events reported by a journalist

• personal experience

• statistical reports

• diary entry

What is evidence that is accessed through research, reading, and investigation?

• first-hand

• second-hand

• third-hand

Which types of evidence are NOT CONSIDERED second-hand?

• historical information

• personal experience

• research data

• expert opinion

This pattern of organization involves a step-by-step progression, like a recipe.

• spatial

• chronological

• topical

• sequential

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, and lines

• antithesis

• anaphora

• allegory

• antimetabole

An author's word choice is also called...

• prose

• syntax

• diction

• allusion

A euphemism is...

• the meaning associated with a word or phrase; usually culturally associated

• old-fashioned diction or outdated word choice

• a folksy saying

• a polite/mild way to phrase something considered culturally inappropriate or embarrassing

Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction

• antithesis

• parallelism

• anaphora

• juxtaposition

Ethos refers to the credibility of _______________

• The speaker

• The subject of the piece

• The audience

The rhetorical analysis essay asks you to ____.

• argue your position on a controversial subject.

• identify rhetorical choices only.

• analyze how an author achieves his or her goal.

• evaluate the strength of an author's argument.