Language of Composition Terms, Part 2

what triggers or compels the author to create the text; why he or she needs to communicate this information to the audience

• context

• exigence

• subject

• rhetorical question

a diagram that shows the relationship between, audience, speaker, and subject

• SPACE CAT

• rhetorical question

• occasion

• rhetorical triangle

Paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another ex. deafening silence

• contradiction

• contrast

• oxymoron

• juxtaposition

The person or group who creates a text. (ex: writer, speaker, or artist)

• persona

• speaker

The face or character that a speaker shows to the audience

• persona

• speaker

 The topic of a text. What the text is about. 

• subject

• context

• purpose

Attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or an idea

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• persona

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

• rhetorical question

• antithesis

• epistrophe

Rhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling. The three major appeals are ethos, logos, and pathos.

• rhetorical triangle

• rhetorical appeals

• rhetorical situation

an appeal to one's character or sense of ethics; demonstrate that they are credible and trustworthy to speak on a given topic (established by who you are and what you say)

• ethos

• automatic ethos