SPACE CAT and Terms Quiz Flashcards
Purpose
what does the speaker hope to accomplish through this piece?
Exigence
what specific social problem or events led to a perceived necessity for this piece?
Context
when and where was the piece written, and what general information may be relevant?
Choices
Structural or organizational choices, imagery, diction, rhetorical devices
Appeals
How does the writer appeal to logos, pathos, or ethos. Focus on the HOW and WHY of these appeals
Tone
What attitude does the author have with respect to the subject? For example: accusatory, ambivalent, sarcastic, scathing, cynical, joking, callous, pleading, admiring, reflective.
Rhetoric
a speaker’s strategies (both verbal and nonverbal) for nudging an audience towards a particular way of thinking
Rhetorical situation/rhetorical triangle
a way to think about the specific context that gives rhetoric its meaning- depicts the relationship among a speaker, audience, and subject
Speaker
the person or group who is trying to persuade
Audience
the person or group the speaker is trying to persuade
Subject
the topic- not necessarily the argument or the purpose
Rhetorical appeals
general ways a speaker might approach his audience to be more persuasive
Pathos
the way a speaker appeals to emotion. what does the speaker want the audience to feel?
Logos
the way a speaker appeals to facts and logic. what reasoning makes this text convincing?
Ethos
the way a speaker appeals to character and shared values. what makes this person worth listening to?
Argument
an invitation to a particular way of thinking
Counterargument
anticipating objections or opposing views by acknowledging some reasonableness to the objection, but then denying the validity of all or part of that overall line of thinking
Concession
acknowledging some truth to the opposing viewpoint
Refutation
disproving the overall line of thinking of the opposing view
(Although X, Y)
formula for making a complex argument by building in a counterargument
Satire
an appeal to humor (pathos) that makes fun of a viewpoint with the aim of persuading the audience to see how ridiculous that way of thinking is
Anaphora
Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginnings of successive phrases
Epistrophe
Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the ends of successive phrases
Parallelism
Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Antithesis
The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure
Polysyndeton
A list or series of words, phrases, or clauses connected with the repeated use of the same conjunction
Asyndeton
A list or a series in which no conjunction is used at all; rather, all items are separated by commas
Anadiplosis
Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause
Epanalepsis
Repetition of the same word or words at both beginning and ending of a phrase, clause, or sentence
Periodic Sentences
A sentence which has been deliberately structured to place the main point at the end. Therefore, a periodic sentence will have its main clause or predicate as the
last part
Cumulative Sentences
Begins with a standard sentence pattern and adds multiple details after it
Antimetabole
Repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order
Chiasmus
Reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses
Anastrophe
Inverted sentence order
Parenthesis
The insertion of some verbal unit that interrupts the normal flow of the sentence
Tricolon: The Rule of Three
A writing principle that suggests that things that come in threes are inherently funnier, more satisfying, or more effective
