SPACE CAT Review

Includes the setting, time period, and events that were happening when the text was created.

The rhetorical devices used to persuade the audience (Ethos, Logos, Pathos)

What made the speaker create this text for the audience (AKA "The Spark")

The reason why a text was created. Could be to inform, persuade, entertain, etc.

All the little moves an author uses to make their writing more interesting. (Allusions, similes, metaphors)

A direct comparison. Says that something "is" something else.

Appeals to credibility. Author may establish their expertise, likability, celebrity, ethics, etc.

Appeals to emotion. Evokes anger, patriotism, fear, sympathy, empathy, etc.

Appeals to logic. May use data, facts, reason, statistics, etc.

An indirect reference. Could be biblical, mythological, historical, pop cultural, literary...

The "author" of the text.

A comparison that uses "like", "as", or "than".

The feeling of the text. May shift throughout. Can be positive, negative, gloomy, joyful, etc.

Who the text is created for. The speaker may change their approach depending on who this is.