Rhetoric Analysis

What elements make up the rhetorical triangle?

• purpose, context, speaker, tone

• purpose, context, speaker, audience

• occasion, context, speaker, audience

• purpose, tone, speaker, audience

What does SOAPS stand for?

What does "occasion" mean?

• Where the writing took place.

• Why the writing took place.

• The event that was created because of the writing.

• The event that prompted the writing.

What is diction?

• The choice of words a speaker/writer uses.

• The way a writer/speaker pronounces words.

• The effect of words on an audience.

• The purpose of words.

Which item is not a rhetorical mode (way a text is organized)?

• description

• narration

• cause/effect

• speech

Identify the rhetorical mode

"The building was being swallowed by blue, orange, and red flames. Wood

was everywhere on the ground, black, burned, smoldering with smoke."

• narration

• description

• cause/effect

• exposition

Identify the rhetorical mode

"Another train route was created which reduced traffic in the area."

• argumentation

• exemplification

• cause/effect

• persuasion

Identify the rhetorical mode

"Shanghai is more cosmopolitan than Shenzhen."

• comparison/

  contrast

• narration

• classification/

  definition

• argumentation

Identify the rhetorical mode

"He went down the road slowly and reached the prison. They opened

the door. He went in. 30 years is a long time."

• exemplification

• cause/effect

• description

• narration

What is the tone?

"The rich owner looked at the cook---'Pick up that rag on the ground'"

• skeptical

• affectionate

• demeaning

• hollow