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WorksheetsSPACE CAT
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
What does SPACE CAT stand for?
Speaker, Purpose, Audience, Context, Exigence, Choices, Appeals, and Tone
Speaker, People, Actions, Context, Exigence, Choices, Appeals, and Thought
Subject, Purpose, Actions, Context, Exigence, Choices, Appeals, and Tone
Speaker, Purpose, Allusion, Context, Example, Choices, Appeals, and Tone
Which of the following is NOT important to Speaker?
Race/ ethnicity
Gender
Occupation
Height
Define exigence
The why "now"?; the spark of catalyst that moved the speaker to act
The history of the speech
What the speaker is trying to accomplish
The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text
Which is NOT an appeal
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Money
Define tone
How the speaker wants the audience to feel
A speaker's attitude toward the subject conveyed by the speaker's stylistic and rhetorical choices
The use of emotions to persuade an audience
The volume of a speaker
What is an example of a Choice
Rhetorical question
Simile
Allusion
Repetition
What is important to know about an audience?
Their age
How much they know about the topic
Their socio-economic background
Their opinion on the topic
Context means
The set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular event, situation, etc. (i.e. what is happening in the world politically, socially, economically, etc.)
An urgent problem or issue that a writer feels compelled to address.
The "what"
Explain what PURPOSE means.
Why something is being done
What is the writer/speaker hoping to accomplish by putting this out in the world (Persuade, inform, entice, etc.)
What the speaker wants the audience to do
How the speaker persuades
What can we use SPACE CAT to analyze?
Speeches
Music
Poetry
Commercials
Colors
Who is the likely audience of a commercial that is selling candy using loud music, lots of colors, and animated characters?
Adults
Children
Anyone who likes candy
What is the purpose of this ad?
To persuade
To blame
To entertain
To clarify
The tone of this quote is
Despairing
Inspirational
Flowery
Envious
Who might the intended audience be at a speech for domestic violence awareness
The people watching the speech
Domestic violence survivors
Older people
People who have witnessed domestic violence or need support
