Final Exam Flashcards
(50 cards)
rhetorical situation
An time you feel compelled or have to use rhetoric.
rhetoric
use of language to affect , convince, or change their mind, or persuade them to do something.
rhetorical triangle
speaker - writer
message
audience
find a even mix of these three
rhetorical listening and thinking (editorial)
Don’t rush to choose a point of view and take a unbiased look at all sides before you choose.
Think about your own position and why you believe that and why others believe what they believe.
Research is not required for the first essay. But it doesn’t mean you can’t do some research.
stance (editorial)
A response to others
Useful background info
A clear indication of why the topic matters
Good reasons and evidence
purpose of an editorial
why are you arguing this position
what has motivated you to write about this topic
suitability and correctness (editorial)
writing style is one in which the words you choose and the ways you arrange them suit your purpose your topic your medium and your audience.
dialect (editorial)
what is most often expected for writing done in most school, government, and professional contexts.
levels of formality (editorial)
low or plain style: used to teach or explain something
middle style: used to please an audience
high or grand style: used to move or persuade and audience
tone (editorial)
how your writing is perceived - serious, humorous, exasperated
active or passive voice (editorial)
depends on if the writing is using passive verbs or active verbs (attacking or not attacking)
reasons and evidence (editorial)
support our claims such evidence may include facts and stats data from surveys and questionaries, direct observations, interviews, testimony, experiments, personal experience, visuals, and more.
counterarguments (editorial)
acknowledge positions other than your own, and respond to what they say
ad-hominem
arguments that make personal attacks on those who support an opposing position rather than addressing the position itself
bandwagon appeals
simply urge the audience to go along with the crowd
begging the question
tries to support an argument by simply restating it in other language
either or arguments
also called false dilemmas, argue that only two alternatives are possible in a situation that actually is more complex
faulty analogies
are comparisons that do not hold up in some way crucial to the argument at hand
faulty causality
the mistaken assumption that because one event followed another the first event caused the second, also called post hoc
hasty generalizations
draw sweeping conclusions on the basis of too little evidence
paralipsis
statements provide information after claiming such information wont be included
setting up a straw man
misrepresents an opposing argument characterizing it as more extreme or otherwise different than it actually is in order to attack it more easily
slippery slope arguments
contend that if a certain event occurs, it will at least might set in motion a chain of events that will end in disaster
authority (editorial)
show that you know what you are talking about by citing trustworthy sources, to demonstrate that your fair by representing other positions even handedly and accurately and to work toward establishing some common ground with your audience.
