Glossary 1

What is rhetoric?

Who is the audience? What types of audiences do you know?

What does the term 'text' mean in humanities?

• In humanities, text is limited to digital content only.
• Text refers exclusively to visual art forms.
• A text is only a printed book or article.
• In humanities, 'text' means any written or spoken material that conveys meaning and can be investigated.

What is 'occasion'?

What is the 'context'?

• A summary of the content.
• The circumstances or background information surrounding a text.

• A specific event that occurred.
• The main idea of a text.

What is the 'purpose'?

What is a rhetorical triangle?

• A technique for persuasive writing
• A method for analyzing literary themes
• A diagram showing the structure of a speech
• The rhetorical triangle is a model that represents the relationship between the speaker, audience, and message in communication.

Who is a 'speaker'?

1.  Greek for “mask.” The face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience.

• maskara
• character
• persona
• disguise

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

• Purpose

• Occassion

• Speaker

• Subject