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| the art of or study of using language effectively and persuasively |
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| the occasion or time and place a piece is written or spoken |
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| the goal of the speaker/writer wants to achieve |
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| a clear, focused statement about subject |
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| rhetorical triangle (aristotelian) |
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| subject, speacker, and audience |
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| tge receiver of the information |
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| the character the speaker creates |
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| the disposition, character or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture or movement |
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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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| 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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| the overall feeling or effect, created by a writer's use of words ( serious, humorous) |
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| vocabulary that creates a strong feeling or meaning beyond the dictionary definition |
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| dictionary definition of word |
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| underlying belief of speaker, audience, culture |
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| introduction, narration, confirmation, refutation, conclusion |
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| introduces reader to the subject under discussion; establishes ethos |
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| establishes why subject is a problem that needs addressing; appeals to pathos and logos |
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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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| brings essay to satisfying close; appeals to pathose and revisits ethos |
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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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| telling a story or recounting a series of events; story supports thesis |
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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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| explains how something works or how to do something |
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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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| 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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| establishes common ground or identifies area of conflict; necessary for meaningful conversation |
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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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