Week 1

Question 0

Concession

Answer 0

An acknowledgement that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable

Question 1

Audience

Answer 1

The listener, viewer, or reader of the text

Question 2

Connotation

Answer 2

Meanings that readers have with a word beyond it’s dictionary definition (usually positive)

Question 3

Context

Answer 3

Circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text

Question 4

Counter argument

Answer 4

Anticipate objection or opposing views

Concession and refutation

Question 5

Ethos

Answer 5

Why they’re creditable (background, degree, experience)

Question 6

Logos

Answer 6

Support for their ideas

Question 7

Pathos

Answer 7

Emotionally draws in the reader

- animal abuse pictures

Question 8

Occasion

Answer 8

Place and time

Question 9

Polemic

Answer 9

Aggressive argument to establish superiority

Question 10

Propaganda

Answer 10

Spread of ideas; negative (rumors)

Question 11

Purpose

Answer 11

A goal a speaker wants to achieve

Question 12

Rhetorical triangle

Answer 12

Subject, audience, and speaker in determining a text.

Question 13

SOAPS

Answer 13

Subject occasion audience purpose and speaker (makes up rhetorical situation)

Question 14

Speaker

Answer 14

Person who creates the text

Question 15

Subject

Answer 15

The topic

Question 16

Text

Answer 16

“Read” not just comprehended but can be investigated.

- fiction, poetry, non-fiction

Question 17

Refutation

Answer 17

Denying part of or all of the counter argument

Question 18

Rhetoric

Answer 18

Finding ways to persuade the audience

Question 19

Persona

Answer 19

The face the author shows the audience