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Rhetorical Terms
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English
11th Grade
09/09/2008

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Rhetoric
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the art of or study of using language effectively and persuasively
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context
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the occasion or time and place a piece is written or spoken
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purpose
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the goal of the speaker/writer wants to achieve
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thesis/claim/assertion
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a clear, focused statement about subject
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speaker
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the writer/speaker
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rhetorical triangle (aristotelian)
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subject, speacker, and audience
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audience
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tge receiver of the information
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persona
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the character the speaker creates
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ethos
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the disposition, character or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture or movement
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logos
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appeal logic or reason with a clear, main idea or thesis, with specific details, examples. statistical data or expert testimony
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pathos
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appeal to emotion: a quality, as of an experience or a work of art, that arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, anger or sorrow
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tone
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the overall feeling or effect, created by a writer's use of words ( serious, humorous)
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connotation
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vocabulary that creates a strong feeling or meaning beyond the dictionary definition
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denotation
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dictionary definition of word
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assumption
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underlying belief of speaker, audience, culture
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arrangement
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organization of a piece
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classic arrangement
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introduction, narration, confirmation, refutation, conclusion
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introduction
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introduces reader to the subject under discussion; establishes ethos
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narration
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establishes why subject is a problem that needs addressing; appeals to pathos and logos
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confirmation
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development or proof needed to make the writer's case; strong appeal to logos
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refutation/ counterargument
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addresses the counterargument; develops logos
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conclusion
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brings essay to satisfying close; appeals to pathose and revisits ethos
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rhetorical modes
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purpose suggests arrangement: narration, description, process analysis, exemplification, comparison, and contrast

classification and division, definition, cause and effect

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narration
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telling a story or recounting a series of events; story supports thesis
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description
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similar to narration, but also emphasizes the sense by painting a picture of how something looks, sounds, tastes, feels, smells
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process analysis
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explains how something works or how to do something
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exemplification
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provides a series of examples that turn a general idea into a concrete idea. induction: a series of examples that lead to a general conclusion
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comparison and contrast
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reveals insights into the nature of the information being analyzed by highlighting similarities and differences: subject by subject or point by point
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classification and division
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makes connections between tings that might otherwise seem unrealted; sorts materials/ideas into major categories
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definition
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establishes common ground or identifies area of conflict; necessary for meaningful conversation
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cause and effect
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establishes powerful foundation for argument by analysis of the casual link that is the basis of everything that follows
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subject
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topic to be examined
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