Writing/Rhetoric Concepts 1

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What is is the art of effective communication, particularly through speaking or writing? It involves the strategic use of language to inform, convince, or motivate an audience.

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Rhetoric

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Rhetoric is divided into 3 main appeals

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Logos. ethos, pathos

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Establishing the speaker’s credibility and trustworthiness

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Ethos

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Appealing to the audience’s emotions

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Pathos

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Using logic, facts, and reason to make an argument

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Logos

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The intended reason or goal behind the text... It answers the question: Why is the writer writing this?

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Purpose

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To inform, to persuade, to entertain

These are all examples of ______.

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Purpose

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the group of people who will read or listen to a writer's work

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Audience

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a classification of writing based on its purpose, style, and form

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Genre

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Narrative, expository, persuasive, descriptive

These are different _______ of literature

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genres