rhetoric terms

Question 1

connotation

Answer 1

emotional definition of a word, the emotion people feel when they hear it

Question 2

context

Answer 2

circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text

Question 3

ethos

Answer 3

“character”. speakers appeal to ethos to show readers/listeners to show they are credible and trustworthy to speak on the topic

Question 4

logos

Answer 4

reason. speaker gives clear, rational ideas and uses specific details, examples, facts, statistics, expert testimony, and possibly pictures to back them up

Question 5

occasion

Answer 5

time amd place of piece

Question 6

pathos

Answer 6

speaker appeals to pathos to emotionally motivate their audience. also plays on audiences valules, desires, hopes, or fears or prejudices

Question 7

persona

Answer 7

face or character that the speaker shows to audience

Question 8

polemic

Answer 8

aggressive arguement that tries to establish the superiority of one opinion over all others

Question 9

refutation

Answer 9

denial of the validity of an opposing viewpoint

Question 10

rhetorical appeals

Answer 10

ethos, logos, pathos

Question 11

SOAPS

Answer 11

subject, occasion, audience, purpose, speaker

Question 12

concession

Answer 12

acknowledgment that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable