Soapstone and Rhetorical Situation Review

The purpose of a rhetorical situation is

• the author's ultimate goal.

• to entertain, inform or persuade.

• an appeal to the audience.

• PASTA

In a Rhetorical Situation, the author should consider his audience's

• identity

• values

• beliefs

• exigence

Rhetoric is defined as

• the literal meaning of a word

• Using language to effectively entertain an audience through writing or speaking.

• Questions that don't require an answer.

• Using language to effectively persuade an audience through writing or speaking.

What is the definition of Rhetorical Appeals?

• Appeal to the emotions of the audience.

• Appeal to the credibility of the speaker.

• Appeal to the logic of the speaker.

• classification of how an author persuades an audience.

What appeal is being used:

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

True or False: The culture, time period, history, and surrounding events do not influence the rhetorical situation.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE: The speaker is the persona created by the author in order to better persuade the audience.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE: A speaker/writer's PURPOSE is the end game, the goal, the thing that he/she wants to accomplish with words.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE: Exigence is different from purpose because it is more about what is compelling the author/speaker to say something, and less about what he/she wants to accomplish.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What does SOAPSTone stand for in rhetorical analysis?

• A) Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Speaker, Tone

• B) Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Style, Tone

• C) Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Speaker, Theme

• D) Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Style, Theme