Rhetorical Situation Quiz Practice

Aristotle depicted the rhetorical relationship as triangular primarily because

• all the parts of the process connect to and rely on each other

• the speaker is at the top and thus is the most important part of the situation

• the triangle was a rhetorical creation of the Greek culture

• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is exigence?

• the words the speaker chooses to convey her message

• the goal the speaker wants to achieve

• the issue, problem, or situation that causes or prompts the speaker to write

• the circumstances surrounding the text

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

What is context?

• the words the speaker chooses to convey her message

• the goal the speaker wants to achieve

• the issue, problem, or situation that causes or prompts the speaker to write

• the circumstances surrounding the text

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

What is purpose?

• the thesis/central claim of the text

• the goal the author wants to accomplish through the text

• the writer's attitude towards his subject

• the emerging aim that underlies many of the writer's decisions

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What is connotation?

• word choice

• the dictionary definition of a word

• an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning

• the way the author wants the audience to feel

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is tone?

• the feeling the reader gets from the text

• the speaker's purpose for creating the text

• the speaker's attitude toward the subject

• the speaker's attitude toward the audience

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Ethos is an appeal to

• logic

• credibility

• emotion

• economics

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Pathos is an appeal to

• logic

• credibility

• emotion

• economics

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Logos is an appeal to

• logic

• credibility

• emotion

• economics

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Ethos best correlates with which of the parts of the rhetorical triangle?

• speaker

• subject

• audience

• exigence

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5