Her hair was finely curled, her cheeks were lined with rouge, and her dress was a flowing green and blue which made her look rather like a tired, old peacock is an example of--

The storm brought us a little bit of rain today

is an example of---

Water, water everywhere, nor any a drop to drink

is an example of--

The movie Malcolm X (1992) is also a fairly accurate film; however, it uses ___________when Malcolm asks for someone to “Call 911” after the firebombing of his home. The 911 service was not introduced until 1968, three years after Malcolm X’s home was attacked.

What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind. (Wendell Phillips, Public Opinion on the Abolition Question)

is an example of-----

The listener, viewer, or reader of a text. Most texts are likely to have multiple.

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.

rhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling. The three major appeals are to ethos (character), logos (reason), and pathos (emotions).

the goal the speaker wants to achieve

a diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text.

the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion; the art of using words to persuade an audience

the person or group who creates a text

the topic of a text

a speaker's attitude toward the subject conveyed by the speaker's stylistic and rhetorical choices.

Greek for "embodied thought;" Offers clear, rational ideas and uses specific details, examples, facts, statistics, or expert testimony to back them up.

Greek for "suffering" or "experience;" speakers use this appeal in order to emotionally motivate their audience. More specific appeals might play on the audience's values, desires, and hopes, on the one hand, or fears and prejudices, on the other.

Greek for "character;" speakers use this appeal in order to demonstrate that they are credible and trustworthy to speak on a given topic. This appeal is established both by who you are and what you say.

meanings or associations that readers have with a word beyond its dictionary definition. Often positive or negative, and they often greatly affect an author's tone.

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

In some cases, a speaker's reputation immediately establishes--

In rhetoric, the use of laughter, humor, irony, and satire in the confirmation or refutation of an argument; most commonly understood as clever expression, whether aggressive or harmless; that is, with or without derogatory intent toward someone or something in particular; characterized by a mocking or paradoxical quality, evoking laughter through apt phrasing.

a speaker's choice of words. Analysis of this looks at these choices and what they add to the message.