Argumentation and Persuasion -- Rhetorical Triangle Flashcards
What is a rhetorical triangle?
A visual representation of the relationship between all the elements that influence an author/speaker choices in rhetorical discourse.
What are the 5 components of a rhetorical triangle?
Speaker, purpose, audience, claim, exigence
What is the speaker
The author, writer, or creater of a text. Their background, their knowledge, and experience that proves they are a credible source of the topic
What is the claim or argument?
Central point the speaker is trying to convey in a text
What is the audience?
Specifically identified group of people towards whom the speaker is directing the text
What is the exigence?
The historical and cultural circumstances that surrounds the text what is going on in the spaekers world that they respond to via the text. The impacts that motivates the speaker to create the text. The spark that spurs creation
What is the purpose?
The reason the speaker created the text what the speaker hopes to achieve as a result of creating and sharing the text. All the other components of the triangle work to support the purpose.
