Uncategorized Rhetorical Terms Flashcards
Term: Authority
Meaning: Authority is the reference to words, action, or beliefs of a person in authority as a means of supporting a claim, generalization, or conclusion.
Example #1: Beyonce saying her makeup is the best and that her fans should buy it because she wears it.
Example #2: Nike claims their shoe is the best because Lebron James wears it.
Term: Audience
Meaning: The listeners or the spectators of a given piece of information.
Example #1: I decided to watch a sports game with other people.
Example #2: Everyone listened as the teacher was reading a story.
Term: Exigence
Meaning: An issue, problem, or situation that encourages someone to write about or speak about.
Example #1: There was an extreme natural disaster in the neighborhood which caused people to speak up about their problem.
Example #2: Gun laws have created different sides of arguments which have caused debates.
Term: Rhetorical Situation
Meaning: Circumstances that bring the text into existence. A circumstance where the author can produce his or her work. The text, author, audience, purpose, and setting is what brings rhetorical situations.
Example #1: Martin Luther King gives out his I Have a Dream speech to an audience as his purpose was to bring racial equality in Washington D.C.
Example #2: Harry S. Truman put out the Truman Doctrine to U.S Citizens as his purpose was to establish his standing as a democratic nation that is under threat.
Term: Assertion
Meaning: An emphatic declaration by the writer or speaker. The author or writer forcefully states their belief even if the statement were to be false. It’s a belief, opinion, or feeling.
Example #1: Teacher tells student, “I want you to stop speaking before I have finished speaking.”
Example #2: Lebron tells J.R, “You should’ve passed me the ball we could’ve won!”
