Ap Lang Rhetorical Unit (Ethos, Pathos, Logos, Etc.)

Front 1

Shows the relationship between speaker, audience, and message.

Back 1

Rhetorical Triangle

Front 2

Gender, ethnic,, geographical orientation; author bias/ hidden agenda; other important biographical information may affect text

Back 2

Author/Speaker

Front 3

What is the main point being made (in the thesis)?

Back 3

Message

Front 4

How they will receive the message and how it will affect the tone and style

Back 4

Audience

Front 5

The circumstances that the author is addressing to his/her audience (what is going on in the world at the time the text was composed?)

Back 5

Rhetorical Situation

Front 6

The author’s attitude about his/her subject/message

Back 6

Tone

Front 7

The strategies that the author employs in order to get his/her message across (examples can be ethos, logos, and pathos)

Back 7

Style

Front 8

Determining if the speaker of the text is a trustworthy source

Back 8

Ethos

Front 9

Determining how emotion is used in the text

Back 9

Pathos

Front 10

Determining the logic that is used in the text

Back 10

Logos