Rhetoric

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Rhetoric

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the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion.

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can use the available means to

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appeal to an audience and to persuade

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rhetoric is always

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situational

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context

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the occasion or the time and place it was written or spoken

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purpose

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goal that the speaker/writer wants to achieve

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bias

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can play a part

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thesis/claim/assertion

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clear and focused statement

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speaker

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presentation

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the rhetoric triangle

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• relationship between speaker, subject, and audience

- relationship between 3 things and make choices based on them

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persona

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the character the speaker creates when he or she writes or speaks-depending on the context, purpose, subject, and audience

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ethos, logos, pathos used to

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persuade

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ethos

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appeals to character to demonstrate they are credible and trustworthy, emphasizes shared values between speaker and audience

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logos

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• appeals to reason by offering clear, rational ideas.

- clear main idea with details, examples, facts, data, etc

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assumptions

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underlying beliefs

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counterargument

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• anticipate objections or opposing views

- used to appeal to logos

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concede

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agree

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refute

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disagree

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pathos

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• appeals to emotion
• uses connotations
• an argument that appeals to only emotion is by definition weak
• propagandistic in purpose and more polemic than personal

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visual rhetoric

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• Rhetorics at work with visual texts, like political cartoons
• satiric

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satiric

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with sarcasm/criticism

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e, p, l continued

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• known as appeal
• E=credibility
• L=logic, facts, reasoning