Rhetoric

What is the definition of rhetoric?

• The art of effective or persuasive communication

• The study of historical events and their impact on modern societies

• A method for solving mathematical problems through logical reasoning

• Rhetoric is an approach to reading

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What are we talking about when we discuss Ethos?

• Ethics

• Credibility and character

• Ethiopia

• Logic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What are we talking about when we are discussing Pathos?

• Facts and Statistics

• Reliability

• Emotion and shared values

• Pasta

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What are we talking about when we discuss Logos?

• Logistics

• Logical reasoning, facts, statistics

• Log cabins

• • Ethics

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Ethos, Logos and Pathos often overlap.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What are the three points on the rhetorical triangle?

• purpose, autumn winds, writer/rhetor

• purpose, audience, windswept plains

• purple, audience, writer/rhetor

• purpose, audience, writer/rhetor

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What do we mean by context?

• All that has been written or said on the subject prior

• Elements of shared language, shared values, and shared genres

• The immediate occasion and conditions that enable communication

• All are correct

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is exigence?

• A concept that no one truly understands

• When your pen runs out of ink mid-sentence

• The circumstance

  or condition that invites a response

• The discourses narrative arc

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5