WorksheetsAn Introduction to Rhetoric
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The listener, viewer, or reader of a text.
a)
audience
b)
context
c)
persona
d)
occasion
2.
An acknowledgment that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable. In a strong argument, this is usually accompanied by a refutation challenging the validity of the opposing argument.
a)
concession
b)
connotation
c)
counterargument
d)
refutation
3.
Meanings or associations that readers have with a word beyond its dictionary definition, or denotation. These are usually positive or negative, and they can greatly affect the author’s tone.
a)
concession
b)
connotation
c)
purpose
d)
rhetoric
4.
The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text. For Lou Gehrig’s speech it is the recent announcement of his illness and his subsequent retirement, but it is also the poignant contrast between his potent career and his debilitating disease.
a)
connotation
b)
context
c)
rhetorical appeals
d)
rhetorical triangle
5.
Greek for “character.” Speakers appeal to this to demonstrate that they are credible and trustworthy to speak on a given topic. It is established by both who you are and what you say.
a)
ethos
b)
logos
c)
pathos
d)
persona
6.
Greek for “embodied thought.” Speakers appeal to _____, or reason, by offering clear, rational ideas and using specific details, examples, facts, statistics, or expert testimony to back them up.
a)
ethos
b)
logos
c)
pathos
d)
persona
7.
The time and place a speech is given or a piece is written.In the case of Gehrig’s speech, it is Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day. More specifically, his moment comes at home plate between games of a doubleheader.
a)
context
b)
occasion
c)
purpose
d)
subject
8.
Greek for “suffering” or “experience.” Speakers appeal to this to emotionally motivate their audience. More specific appeals to this might play on the audience’s values, desires, and hopes, on the one hand, or fears and prejudices, on the other.
a)
ethos
b)
logos
c)
pathos
d)
persona
9.
Greek for “mask.” The face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience.Lou Gehrig is a famous baseball hero, but in his speech he presents himself as a common man who is modest and thankful for the opportunities he’s had.
a)
ethos
b)
pathos
c)
persona
d)
speaker
10.
Greek for “hostile.” An aggressive argument that tries to establish the superiority of one opinion over all others. These generally do not concede that opposing opinions have any merit.
a)
persona
b)
polemic
c)
propaganda
d)
Mr. Johnson
11.
The spread of ideas and information to further a cause. In its negative sense, this is the use of rumors, lies, disinformation, and scare tactics in order to damage or promote a cause.
a)
pathos
b)
polemic
c)
propaganda
d)
rhetorical triangle
12.
As Aristotle defined the term, “the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion.” In other words, it is the art of finding ways to persuade an audience.
a)
concession
b)
persona
c)
polemic
d)
rhetoric
13.
The topic of a text. What the text is about.
a)
rhetoric
b)
speaker
c)
subject
d)
text
14.
While this term generally means the written word, in the humanities it has come to mean any cultural product that can be “read”—meaning not just consumed and comprehended, but investigated. This includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, political cartoons, fine art, photography, performances, fashion, cultural trends, and much more.
a)
logos
b)
persona
c)
rhetoric
d)
text
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