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37 Cards in this Set
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The Five Rhetorical Situations of Argument |
Topic Author Audience Occasion Purpose |
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The Three Audience Appeals of Argument |
Pathos Ethos Logos |
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The Three Occasions of Argument (and time) |
Forensic (Past) Deliberative (Future) Epideictic (Present) |
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The Six Purposes of Argument |
To Inform To Convince To Persuade To Explore To Make a Decision To Meditate or Pray |
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The four Levels of Comprehension |
Literal Comprehension Inferential Comprehension Evaluative Comprehension Appreciative Comprehension |
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Arguments that discuss who deserves praise or blame are _____ argument. |
an epideictic (ceremonial) (present) |
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"Actions or decisions in the past that influence policy or decisions in the past" best describes _____. |
precedence |
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A court decision based on precedence would be considered a _____ argument. |
forensic (past) |
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What kind of argument relies on a set of criteria? |
Evaluative argument |
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What purpose of arguments does the following describe? "To show that a problem exists and we need to understand it" |
To explore |
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What purpose of arguments does the following describe? "To move an audience to provoke action or change" |
To persuade |
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What purpose of arguments does the following describe? "To examine pros and cons of each alternative" |
To make a decision |
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What purpose of arguments does the following describe? "To raise questions about author's argument and make some readers consider his/her point. |
To convince |
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What purpose of arguments does the following describe? "To give information" |
To inform |
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What purpose of arguments does the following describe? "To see transformation or to reach peace of mind" |
To meditate or pray |
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__________ arguments are common in business, government, and academia. |
Forensic |
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Forensic arguments rely on _____ and _____ to re-create what can be known about events that have already occurred as well as _____ (past action or decisions that influence present policies or decisions) and analysis of _____ and _____. |
evidence and testimony Precedent (Precedence) causes and effects |
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White papers, proposals, bills, regulations, and mandates are the examples of _____ arguments. |
Deliberative |
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The four examples of epideictic argument |
Eulogies Graduation Speeches Inaugural Addresses Roasts |
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The word that describe the art of persuasion |
Rhetoric |
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Court decisions, legal briefs, legislative hearings, investigative reports, academic studies are the examples of _____ arguments. |
Forensic |
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"Should two people of the same sex be allowed to marry?" is the example of _____ argument. |
Deliberative |
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Debate about _____(phrase) often establish policies for the future. |
what will or should be done in the future |
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The four kinds of argument |
Facts Definitions Evaluations Proposal |
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"Did something happen?" describes an argument of _____. |
fact |
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An argument of fact usually involves a statement that can be proved or disapproved with specific _____ or _____. |
evidence or testimony |
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The four questions that writers and readers need to ask about the "facts" to settle the matter |
Where did the facts come from? Are they reliable? Is there problem with the facts? Where did the problem begin and what caused it? |
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"What is the Nature of the Thing?" describe an argument of _____ |
definition |
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"Is playing video games a sport?" "Is Batman a tragic figure?" are the examples of arguments of _____ |
definition |
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Arguments of evaluation present _____ and then measure individual people, ideas, or things against those standards. |
criteria |
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"What is its quality or cause" describe arguments of _____ |
evaluation |
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"What actions should be taken?" describes arguments of _____ |
Proposal |
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Proposal arguments present _____ or _____ so vividly that readers say "__________" |
issue or problem "What can we do?" |
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people the writer wants to address is _____, while those represented in the text itself is _____. |
intended audiences invoked readers |
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_____ may not be the same as intended (invoked) readers. |
Actual readers |
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What kind of readers can a writer construct? What kind of readers can a reader construct? |
Intended/ideal readers, invoked readers Invoked readers, real readers |
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All the experiences that you have is called _____ |
schema |
