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Rhetoric Terms
The Language of Rhetoric
| Question | Explination |
|---|---|
| Main Idea | Specify Topic or Subject |
| Purpose | to tell a story (narration), to explain (exposition), to describe (description), to defend/support/qualify (argumentation), to move the audience to do something (persuasion) |
| Audience | The receiver of the message |
| Tone | the narrator’s or speaker’s attitude toward the subject and can also include the author’s attitude toward the audience |
| Strategies | the various techniques and strategies the author employs |
| Effects | the specific impact that the author wants to have on the reader |