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Rhetoric Situation
Unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Rhetoric | the study of effective and persuasive language use -the specific choices the writer makes to convey a specific message to the specific audience -analyzes the effectiveness of choices based on what the speaker knows about the audience |
| components of rhetorical situation | exigence, purpose, audience, context, writer/speaker, message |
| exigence | the specific occasion or event that prompted the message to be spoken or written |
| audience | who is the writer speaking to Who are they? What do they already know? What is their attitude about the subject? |
| purpose | why is the speaker conveying a message |
| context | the circumstances surrounding a situation |
| writer/speaker | who is doing the writing What is the character/persona of the writer? (EX: comedian, expert, scholar, etc) |
| message | what the writer wants the audience to think or know |
| tone | |
| mood | |
| appeals | strategic choices writers make based on the rhetorical situation in order to persuade the audience |
| three appeals | ethos pathos |
| ethos | (ethics) - appeal to shared beliefs/values -credibility or trust factor proof of a speaker's character |
| pathos | (emotion) appeals to emotion |
| logos | (logic) appeal to logic or reason |
| antithesis |
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