What is the exigence in the following speech: I gave a best man speech at a wedding?

Because you were selected as best man, you were required to give a speech.

What is the exigence of the following situation: you asked your teacher for more time on an assignment?

The deadline is approaching and you don't have the assignment done

What are examples of author choices?

These are all examples of author choices

What are rhetorical devices?

Techniques that help make writing more effective

What does exigence mean?

What was the spark or catalyst that moved the speaker/writer to act/write?

What does context mean?

Time and place of the speech and what's happening in the world around it.

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What is the exigence in the following speech: I gave a best man speech at a wedding?
The bride asked you to give a speech
None of the above
Because you were selected as best man, you were required to give a speech.
You wanted to give the speech
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What is the exigence of the following situation: you asked your teacher for more time on an assignment?
You did it on a dare
You wanted to talk to the teacher
The deadline is approaching and you don't have the assignment done
None of the above
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Logos is...
Charts
Statistics
Facts
All of the above
4
What are examples of author choices?
Metaphor
These are all examples of author choices
Imagery
Allusions
5
An example of ethos is...
Celebrity endorsements
Using emotion
Both Red and Blue
Using ones position to convince (I am a dentist and I recommend...)
6
What are rhetorical devices?
Techniques that help make writing more effective
None of the above
Devices that help the author remember what they are talking about
Only ethos, pathos, or logos
7
The As in SPACECAT stand for...
Audience and Appeals
Attempt and Appeals
Author and Appeals
Audience and Author
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An example of pathos is...
Please donate to help these starving children
Imagine how attractive you would look to your wife if you bought this
Every year, 200,000 pets die because they don't have an owner
All of the above
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Authors choices are rhetorical devices
False
True
10
Appeals in SPACECAT refers to ethos, pathos, or logos
False
True
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What does exigence mean?
What type of rhetorical devices the speaker uses in the speech
Why the speaker left a certain place
Who the speaker is writing for
What was the spark or catalyst that moved the speaker/writer to act/write?
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S in SpaceCat stands for...
Story
Subject
Sample Question
Sandwich
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What does context mean?
How we should interpret the speech
What the author thinks about the subject matter
What the speech is about,
Time and place of the speech and what's happening in the world around it.
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P in SPACECAT stands for
Point of view
Public
Purpose
Public Speech

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