ENGL 101 vocab 3

details how the writer uses a rhetorical device and why

a linguistic tool that employs a particular type of sentence structure, sound, or pattern of meaning in order to evoke a particular reaction from an audience.

a form of criticism or close reading that employs the principles of rhetoric to examine the interactions between a text, an author, and an audience.

the person, group of people, or organization that created the spoken or written work

to inform, persuade, entertain; what the author wants the audience to believe, know, feel, or do

the situation that surrounds your act of writing, which include the time (when the text was written), location (blog, academic journal etc.), and culture surrounding the text.

the event or occurrence that prompts rhetorical discourse.

the qualities of an argument that make it truly persuasive: ethos, logos, pathos

the mood implied by an author's word choice and the way that the text can make a reader feel

word choice, or the style of speaking that a writer, speaker, or character uses