Unit 1: Introducing Rhetoric

a nonfiction narration that tells a story (focus on a events/specific time period)

the topic

the circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text-historical, cultural, and social movements

the story of a person’s life, written by that person (focus on personal experiences)

the story of a person’s life, told by someone other than that person

the goal the speaker wants to achieve

1. the listener, viewer, or reader of a text

any cultural product that can be “read” (consumed, comprehended, investigated)

 the time and place a speech is given or a piece is written

a prejudice/preconceived notion that prevents a person from approaching a topic in a neutral or an objective way

a denial of the validity of an opposing argument

“embodied thought”-Speakers appeal to __, or reason, by using facts and details

person who creates the text

a speaker's choice of words

an opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward

meanings or associations that readers have with a word beyond its dictionary definition, or denotation

an acknowledgment that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable

the spread of ideas and information to further a cause

“character” - Speakers appeal to __ to demonstrate that they are credible and trustworthy

 devices in rhetoric that classify the speaker’s appeal to the audience through emotion, character, and reason

“suffering” or “experience”-Speakers appeal to __ to emotionally motivate their audience

"hostile"-an aggressive argument that tries to establish the superiority of one opinion over others

it is the art of finding ways of persuading an audience.

"mask"- the character that a speaker shows to his/her audience

the relationship between context, occasion, and purpose, issue, an audience, etc