Unit 1 Vocab Game (so clever I know)

What is rhetoric?

• art of using language effectively, often to persuade or argue.

• a type of question you ask but don't expect an answer

• the first person point of view in an argumentative essay

• a type of figurative language to use in writing

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the rhetorical triangle (rhetorical situation)?

• The situation people find themselves in when trying to understand a problem

• An equilateral triangle that is used in mathematics

• The context or set of circumstances our of which something arises

• none of these answers

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What doe "ethos" stand for in the rhetorical triangle?

• the emotional appeal to the audience

• the author's own credibility

• the research and examples used to appeal to the audience

• a type of animal

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the "pathos" appeal?

• An appeal for sympathy

• An appeal using that uses the author's credibility

• An appeal to the audience using research, facts, and examples

• An appeal to the audience's emotions, to make them feel a certain way

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is "logos" in the rhetorical situation?

• an emotional appeal to one's audience

• an appeal to the audience that uses facts, research, and examples

• An appeal that shows the author's credibility

• A type of lego

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Exigence

• Persuasive techniques speakers use to try to convince their audience

• What the speaker wants the audience to do after receiving the message

• The circumstances that bring a text into existence

• The perceived need for a text; the issue or situation the prompted the text

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Context

• What the speaker wants the audience to do after receiving the message

• The people, location, and time that influence a text

• Broader person or group that has some connection to target audience

• Ideas that people accept without any proof

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Purpose

• Feelings and ideas associated with a word

• Persuasive techniques speakers use to try to convince their audience

• What the speaker wants the audience to do after receiving the message

• Appeal based on the credibility and trustworthiness of the speaker

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Audience

• The creator of the text with a unique voice who brings his/her/their background--beliefs, values, needs, and tone/attitude toward the topic. 

• The receivers of the message who have shared as well as individual beliefs, values, needs, and backgrounds

• The Spark that inspires, stimulates, provokes, or prompts writers to create texts

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

"They've worked against everything we've worked so hard to build, and they don't care who gets hurt in the process. Make no mistake, they're the enemy, and they won't stop until we're all destroyed."

• logos

• ethos

• pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5