Analyzing Rhetorical Devices

Which rhetorical appeal appeals to emotions and feelings?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• None of the above

Which rhetorical appeal aims to establish the credibility and trustworthiness of the speaker or writer?

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Mythos

What are you analyzing in the rhetorical analysis essay?

• whether the author is effective at persuading the audience

• whether you agree or disagree with the author

• the author's theme or purpose

• the tools/strategies the author uses to present his/her message to the audience

One way to incorporate pathos or emotional persuasion in a speech is to

• tell them how your background and skills relate to the topic you're discussing

• use loaded words and descriptive imagery in your argument

• interview people to use as proof

• include research and credible websites

Which of the following would be a technique that BEST implements logos or logical persuasion?

• using pictures of a hurt child

• having someone credible who agrees with you

• making people laugh

• including research

You need to identify the “idea noun” the writer is hinting at early on in your reading of the text for essay #2. Why is it important to identify this “idea noun” early on?

• So you can then begin searching for and labeling rhetorical choices that tie back or help to prove this idea noun

• So you can create the message

• So you can start writing the essay since you are timed at only 40 minutes

• So you can go ahead and create your thesis

A writer’s “rhetorical choices” can include ______________ OR ____________

• speech or letter

• inform or persuade

• strategies or devices

• persuasive appeals or rhetorical situation

These are the means to persuade an audience in an argument: through logic (logos), emotion (pathos), and ethics (credibility).

• tone

• appeals

• diction

• rhetorical choices

What are some strategies/devices that you could write about regardless of the text you encounter on exam day?

• Use of famous examples, imagery, use of unusual syntax

• Allusion, juxtaposition, plain folks appeal

• Figurative language, symbolism, comparisons

• Contrast, emphasis, diction, appeals, organizational format

What 3 things must you do to score a 1 in Row A of the thesis?

• Identify the writer’s idea noun and message

• Create a one sentence thesis statement that answers the question in a 2.4 format

• Respond to the prompt, have a defensible thesis that contains a claim, identify at least 2 rhetorical choices the writer makes

• Restate the prompt, summarize the text, provide a concluding statement