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Rhetoric Flashcards

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What is the definition of Rhetoric?

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Rhetoric is the art of using symbols to produce effects and influence the reader.

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What is an example of Rhetoric?

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The BC Teachers have effectively used rhetoric to paint Christy Clark and the BC Government as people who do not care about public education. They say things like “Christy Clark’s Lockout” to persuade readers that the blame lies solely on the government, and Christy Clark in particular. They use angry looking images of Christy Clark to paint her in a negative manner.

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What is Occasion?

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The situation that leads to the creation of a text.

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What is an example of Occasion?

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The 9-11 attacks resulted in a speech from the President.

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What is Purpose?

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The reason the author writes or speaks. Purposes may be straight forward, and they also may be complex.

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What is an example of purpose?

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The purpose of the essay is to demonstrate how the author uses writing techniques effectively, however, my real purposes is to do well on my exam.

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What is Audience?

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Audience is the key factor the author uses to determine how the text will be written. Factors would include the social status, knowledge, etc.

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What is an example of audience?

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If I wrote the essay for this exam in the same style that I would text my friends, I would probably not do very well. Since the audience for this exam is academic in nature, I should be careful to use proper grammar and punctuation.

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What is Ethos?

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Ethos is an appeal to the authority or credibility of the presenter. It can be accomplished through social status, experience, education or using credible sources.

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What is an example of Ethos?

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The management at the Vancouver Aquarium were able to successfully argue that they should be able to keep beluga whales and dolphin’s for research purposes because the are highly educated and experienced in marine biology.

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What is Pathos?

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Pathos is an appeal to the readers emotions.

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What is an example of Pathos?

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The Kony 2012 campaign.

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What is Logos?

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Logos is an appeal to the readers logic.

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What is an example of Logos?

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During the HST referendum, Michael Campbell made arguments as to why the HST would be beneficial to the province of BC.

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What is context?

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Context is the concrete situation in which utterances are made

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What is an example of context?

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When Mike Smyth writes about the provincial government in his columns, he writes in the context of the fact that his readers are BC residents by his comments and examples of government action in the past. Someone from California reading the post, for example, wouldn’t be able to read in the correct context.

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What is the Rhetorical Situation?

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A context that calls for some change to be made through symbolic action.

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What is an example of a Rhetorical Situation?

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Writing this exam to get a good grade.

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What is Discourse?

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The ability to speak with some authority about a subject.

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What is an example of Discourse?

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I am able to speak about audio engineering since I have graduated from an audio program, and have some expertise - working in the field for over 10 years.

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What is a Discourse Community?

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A community or group where a common belief is held

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What is an example of a Discourse Community?

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The catholic church.

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What are commonplaces?

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Beliefs that are held to be true by discourse communities.

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What is an example of a commonplace?

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The belief in God within the Christian Church.

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What is Bias?

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Bias is the lens through which a piece is written.

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What is an example of Bias?

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As a member of the BCTF, I would write about the Teachers strike’s affect on my job.

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What is arrangement?

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Arrangement is the order in which a text is written. Arrangement varies between writing styles.

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What is an example of arrangement?

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A newspaper article would be different than an essay.

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What is style?

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In a broad sense, style can refer to they type of writing that is used (simple, complex, etc). In a narrow sense, style could refer to the writing that is required for a particular audience.

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What is an example of style?

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How you would write an essay vs how you would write an email.

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What is Genre?

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Genre refers to forms of writing with established rules on how to write them.

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What is an example of genre?

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Lyrical writing for a pop song follows certain genre’s in how the song is structured.

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What is Denotative description?

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Describes using just the facts. Logical order of ideas. Meant for impartiality, objectivity. Fixed perspective.

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What is an example of Denotative description?

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An example would be an EMT patient care report.

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What is Connotative description?

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Meant to convey feelings, moods, impressions. Subjective. Aims to convey particular results from the reader. Common in everyday life. Order of ideas may not be logical. Allows for different perspectives.

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What is an example of Connotative description?

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A statement from a witness to an assault.

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What is sensory impression?

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Based on close, tangible description that relates closely to our senses.

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What is an example of sensory impression?

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Description of a meal.

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What is dominant impression?

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The overall feeling or mood.

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What is an example of dominant impression?

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An angry letter written to the principle about a teacher.

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What is Vantage Point?

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2 kinds, fixed and moving

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What is Comparison?

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Shows similarities between 2 subjects. Is a focussing, narrowing tool.

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What is Contrast?

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Shows differences between 2 subjects

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What is casual analysis?

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Casual Analysis is the search for the cause or causes of particular events or objects.

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What is a necessary cause?

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An element necessary for effect to occur, but one that does not necessarily produce an effect.

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What is a sufficient cause?

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A cause that could produce an effect on its own, but one that may have other causes involved.

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What is a contributory cause?

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One that cannot produce an effect on its own, but instead needs other causes.

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What is an immediate cause?

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One that directly or immediately causes an effect.

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What is a remote cause?

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One that is more distant, and may produce an effect over time.

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What is a casual chain?

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Each event is the effect of the preceding one, and the cause of the following one.

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What are 3 examples of fallacies?

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  1. Ignoring multiple causes
  2. Confusing cause with effect
  3. Mistaking chronology for causation

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