5011664254 | rhetoric | the art of persuasion | 0 | |
5011664255 | audience | listener, viewer, or reader of a text or performance | 1 | |
5011664256 | texts | cultural products that can be read (consumed, comprehended, & investigated) | 2 | |
5011664257 | occasion | the time and place the text was written or spoken | 3 | |
5011664258 | context | the circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surround the text | 4 | |
5011664259 | purpose | the goal the speaker wants to achieve | 5 | |
5011664260 | rhetorical triangle | relationship among the speaker, audience, and subject | 6 | |
5011664261 | persona | the role the speaker plays when delivering the speech | 7 | |
5011664262 | subject | the topic | 8 | |
5011664263 | soaps | acronym for subject, occasion, audience, purpose, and speaker | 9 | |
5011664264 | rhetorical appeals | tools of rhetoric to persuade an audience (ethos, pathos, logos) | 10 | |
5053526024 | ethos | to demonstrate that the author is credible and trustworthy; appeals to ethos often emphasize shared values between the speaker and the audience | 11 | |
5053526025 | logos | reason; offers clear, rational ideas.; thinking logically- having a clear main idea and using specific details, examples, facts, statistics, or expert testimony to back it up | 12 | |
5053526026 | counterargument | to anticipate objections or opposing views | 13 | |
5053526027 | concession | agreement that the opposing argument may be true or reasonable | 14 | |
5053526028 | refutation | to deny the validity of all part of the argument | 15 | |
5053526029 | pathos | an appeal to emotions, values, desires, and hopes, or fears and prejudices | 16 |
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