7551731174 | Speaker | the person or group who creates the text in question. The person who gave a speech, writes a story, or political cartoon. | 0 | |
7551731175 | Audience | the listener, viewer, or reader of the text. The audience can be one person or group. The attitude of the audience will allow us to have a better understanding of the text. | 1 | |
7551731176 | Subject | the topic of the work. This is not the purpose of the work, the subject is connected to both the author and the audience. | 2 | |
7551731177 | Speaker to Audience | how the speaker affects/influences the audience. | 3 | |
7551731178 | Speaker to Subject | the author is trying to further examine their subject and they explain why they are writing about it. | 4 | |
7551731179 | Audience to Speaker | the emotions of the audience may affect the tone of the speaker. | 5 | |
7551731180 | Audience to Subject | the audience's particular feelings on an issue may influence the way the speaker approaches their work. | 6 | |
7551731181 | Subject to Speaker | gives the speaker a reason to write. | 7 | |
7551731182 | Subject to Audience | the predisposition the audience has on the subject. | 8 | |
7551731183 | Subject | the overall topic of the writing | 9 | |
7551731184 | Occasion | the reason the text is written | 10 | |
7551731185 | Audience | the intended recipient of the writing | 11 | |
7551731186 | Purpose | what the speaker is trying to achieve, their goal | 12 | |
7551731187 | Speaker | the person speaking in the text | 13 | |
7551731188 | Tone | the attitude that is being taken by the speaker in the work | 14 | |
7551731189 | Ethos | what the speaker uses to allow the audience to understand they are a credible and trustworthy source | 15 | |
7551731190 | Automatic Ethos | the speaker's reputation and credentials are enough to establish trust, the audience already knows who the speaker is | 16 | |
7551731191 | Building Ethos | speakers will need to build trust in the text by sounding reasonable and well-informed | 17 | |
7551731192 | Logos | used to make the audience understand that their argument is made up of clear, rational ideas. The present a clear main idea, and present it using specific details, examples, facts, statistics, and expert testimony | 18 | |
7551731193 | Counterargument | used to anticipate the objections that could exist | 19 | |
7551731194 | Conceding | first agree that an opposing view may be true or reasonable | 20 | |
7551731195 | Refuting | work to deny the validity of all or part of that counterargument | 21 | |
7551731196 | Pathos | used to draw a particular audience. An appeal to the emotional aspects of an intended audience, either positive or negative. | 22 |
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