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20 Cards in this Set
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What is the definition of 'Rhetoric'?
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The art that humans use to process all the messages we send and receive.
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What does using rhetoric do?
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It has the reader [writer] decide what's happening and what will happen next.
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What is 'Ill Rhetoric'?
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Having the audience believe what is false to be true; the action of the speaker manipulating audience's emotions to serve him.
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What does it mean when someone refers to a person as 'Full of Rhetoric'?
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It is suggesting that he is using misleading language.
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What does it mean to have good persona?
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To be able to speak [write] so the audience perceives you as a distinct character; to be able to make good judgments on someone else's character.
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What 3 types of appeal do rhetors use with audiences and what do they mean?
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1)Logos- offering a clear, reasonable central idea and developing it with examples or details
2) Ethos- offering evidence that you are educated in what you're saying and have the reader's best interest in mind. 3) Pathos- drawing on the emotions of the audience so they will be more likely to accept your ideas. |
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Who created the 'Rhetoric Triangle'?
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Aristotle
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What is another name for the 'Rhetoric Triangle'?
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'Aristotelian Triad'
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The rhetoric triangle says a person creating or analyzing a text must consider what 3 elements?
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1) evidence
2) the audience 3) the rhetor's character (personally) and how it effects the text. |
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What do the arrows represent on the rhetorical triangle?
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The nature of the rhetorical act.
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What is 'persona'?
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The character the speaker wants the audience to perceive him as.
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To develop skill with treating subjects, what 4 concepts does a rhetor need to understand?
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1) The topic must be "open" (must offer at least two paths of interpretation)
2) Capitalize on what your audience already knows, making them curious about concepts that build on what they already know. 3) Claim-plus-support 4) and have material to support your points |
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Define thesis statement
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the main point of the text.
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What does 'claim-plus-support' mean?
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All successful texts are made up of a series of points the rhetor wants to make.
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the first of the ancient canons of rhetoric was invention. what is it?
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the craft of generating material to flesh out the topic of a text.
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define context.
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a convergence of time, place, people, events, and motivating forces.
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Every rhetorical transaction is designed to achieve an ___, a _______, or an _________.
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aim, purpose, intention
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2 other names for intentions
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1) aim
2) purpose |
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define intention
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what the rhetor wants to happen as a result of the text
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define genre
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a certain type of text
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