Unit 5 Rhetoric and Argument

Using language, reason, and evidence to influence the thoughts and behaviors of others. Using language, reason, and evidence to influence the thoughts and behaviors of others.

• Argument

• Claim

• Tone

• Ethos

Also called an assertion or proposition, it states the argument’s main idea or position. It differs from a topic or subject in that it has to be arguable.

• Argument

• Claim

• Counterargument

• Bias

Greek for “character.” Speakers appeal to this to demonstrate that they are credible and trustworthy to speak on a given topic. It is established by both who you are and what you say.

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Kairos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Greek for “embodied thought.” Speakers appeal to ________ , or reason, by offering clear, rational ideas and using specific details, examples, or statistics, or expert testimony to back them up.

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

• Kairos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Greek for “suffering” or “experience.” Speakers appeal to _________ to emotionally motivate their audience. More specific appeals to _________ might play on the audience’s values, desires, and hopes, on the one hand, or fears and prejudices on the other.

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Kairos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

An opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward. Rather than ignoring it, a strong writer will usually address it through the process of concession and rebuttal.

• Counterargument

• Rhetoric

• Denotation

• Connotation

Brief references to a person, an event, or a place (real or fictitious) or to a work of art.

• Figure of Speech

• Allusion

• Parallelism

• Rhetorical Question

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect rather than for the purpose of getting an answer.

• Rhetorical question

• Paradox

• Allusion

• Antithesis

• Loaded Language

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A speaker's attitude toward the subject as conveyed by the speaker's stylistic and rhetorical choices.

• Tone

• Synedoche

• Denotation

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

According to Lincoln, men gave their lives at Gettysburg

• to hallow the ground.

• so that the nation might live.

• to stop the Confederate advance into Pennsylvania.

• so that slavery would be abolished.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1