Rhetorical Triangle/Vocabulary Unit 2 Study Guide

When thinking about the RHETORICAL TRIANGLE, what should be considered about the speaker's tone?

• Whether their microphone works or not

• Reason for writing or speaking

• Attitude about the subject

• Ethos

Name the three techniques that form the Rhetorical Triangle

• Ethos

• Logos

• Porthos

• Pathos

Diction refers to

• the way the audience feels

• an author's attitude

• an author's word choice

• None of the above

Tone refers to

• the author's word choice

• the author's attitude

• the way the audience feels

• None of the above

The content of a memoir must include

• personal experience
• historical documents
• a fable or fairy tale
• a scientific report

The writer of a memoir writes about something that 

• he/she doesn't give a second thought to.
•  required research of several sources.
•  impacted his/her life.
•  you would see in an argument essay.

A memoir is a...

• Story about memories

• A literary technique about memories

• A story about the life of an author

• A literary technique that tells a story about the experiences of someone's life

When writing a memoir, the dialogue is...

• Formal

• With no characters

• Informal

• Only the author speaks

Who is the main character in a memoir?

• the protagonist

• the author

• a family member of the author

• there is no main character

A memoir can be classified as a ______________________ or narrative.

• non-fiction story

• biography

• fiction story

• private letter