Rhetoric Flashcards

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C.O.C.A.S

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Chronological
Order of importance
Compare and Contrast
Analogy 
Spacial
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2
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Magic tricks!

1,2,3

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Transitional Expressions
Direct reference
Pronoun/Antecedent

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D.E.U.Q

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Detail
Elaboration
Use specifics
Quotations

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Two yes

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Show why I should care about what you said.
Give us a warning.
Give us a hypothesis.
Call us to act on what you said.
Raise a question(s) based on what you said.
Gives a remarkable quote.
Show why many people would care.
RECONNECT IN YOUR LEAD.
End on a positive note.
Make an analogy or comparison.
Speculate on the future based on what you said

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Two no

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Don’t use stock phrase like: in conclusion,in summery, finally, to conclude
Don’t summarize everything or repeat your thesis word for word
Don’t use cliches. Common: roller coaster, up and down, time will tell, light at the end of the tunnel
The wastebasket ending: throwing information should have been developed in body of essay
The missing conclusion

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6
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S.I.M.

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Specific
Interesting
Manageable

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7
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T.C.

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Topic

Comment

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8
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Characteristics of Coherence

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Flow like the river
Be like spock(logical)
Sober up the drunk
Kill the bunny

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9
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Types of Leads

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Anecdote 
Shocker
Why?
Curmudgeon 
Split
Comparison 
Confession
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