Rhetorical Terms

Question 1

Concession

Answer 1

An acknowledgment that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable

Question 2

Connotation

Answer 2

Meanings or associations that readers have with a word beyond its dictionary definition or denotation

Question 3

Context

Answer 3

The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and an event surrounding the text

Question 4

Counter argument

Answer 4

An opposing argument to the one the author is putting forward

Question 5

Ethos

Answer 5

Greek for character, the author uses it to show they are accountable or trustworthy to speak about the topic

Question 6

Logos

Answer 6

“Embodied thought” clear rational ideas that give specific details backed up by statistics

Question 7

Pathos

Answer 7

“Suffering/ experience” author uses this to emotionally motivate their audience.

Question 8

Persona

Answer 8

“Mask” the face the author shows to the audience

Question 9

Polemic

Answer 9

An aggressive argument to make your opinion seem better than others

Question 10

Propaganda

Answer 10

The spread of information to further a cause

Question 11

Purpose

Answer 11

Goal the speaker wants to achieve

Question 12

Refutation

Answer 12

A denial or the validity of an opposing argument

Question 13

Rhetoric

Answer 13

The faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion, trying to persuade the audience

Question 14

Rhetorical appeals

Answer 14

Emphasizes what they find important to persuade the audience, 3 main ones are ethos(character), logos(reason), and pathos(emotion)

Question 15

Rhetorical triangle

Answer 15

Diagram that shows the relationship among the speaker, audience and subject in a text

Question 16

SOAPS

Answer 16

Subject
Occasion
Audience
Purpose 
Speaker

Question 17

Text

Answer 17

Something that can be read, could be art or a book, culture or fashion and many other things