Rhetoric - read the definition and match it to the correct category.

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Rhetorical questions: asking a question for effect, with no answer expected.

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Language-based

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Psychological appeal: common psychological needs, including security, popularity and belonging.

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Pathos

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Personal attack: attaching negative attributes to a specific person with opposing ideas.

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Pathos

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Ethos is...

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to convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character.

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Pathos is...

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to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions

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Adversarial rhetoric: attaching negative attributes to a group of people; making them an enemy.

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Pathos

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Self-interest: promoting the need of the audience to look after themselves first.

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Pathos

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Poetic techniques: painting a word picture of a scene or action, including sound devices and imagery.

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Language-based

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Comparison: comparing a group, person or situation to another in order to highlight similarities or differences.

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Logos

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Definitional: simple, strong statements that presents a verifiable fact. Should be supported with evidence and examples.

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Logos

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History and tradition: use evidence from history to support an argument.

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Ethos

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Exaggeration: also known as hyperbole. Overstating and exaggerating facts or information.

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Language-based

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Logos is...

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to convince an audience by use of logic or reason

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Emotive words: words and phrases that invoke emotion.

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Pathos

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Progress: encouraging the need for things to get better.

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Ethos

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Patriotism and nationalism: appealing to the audience's national identity.

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Ethos

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Modality: words (usually verbs and adverbs) that indicate varying degrees of possibility, probability and obligation.

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Language-based

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Testimonial: using evidence from events in someone's life.

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Pathos

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Humour: includes ridicule, irony, satire, mockery and parody.

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Pathos

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Authority: using experts, government or well-known figures.

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Ethos

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Cause and effect: specific actions lead to desirable or undesirable outcomes.

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Logos

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Speculative: using a logical understanding of what is already happening to imagine 'what if?'

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Logos

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Pun: a play on words or a double entendre: intentionally using words with a double meaning – often leading to humour.

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Language-based

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Inclusive rhetoric: makes direct links to specific social and cultural groups, including words such as 'us' and 'we'.

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Pathos

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Values - qualities given to a person, place, object, or society, including common sense, justice, decency and morality.

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Ethos

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Rebuttal: use logical arguments to show flaws in opposing arguments.

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Logos

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Command verb: also known as imperatives; get the reader to act. Tone may be gently encouraging or strident.

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Language-based

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Language-based rhetoric is...

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techniques writers use to inform, persuade, or motivate audiences

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Evidence and examples: using statistics and research.

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Logos

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Repetition: intentional repeating of words, phrases, arguments or evidence.

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Language-based

Rhetoric - read the definition and match it to the correct category.

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Rhetoric - read the definition and match it to the correct category.

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