1Define Rhetoric:
"the art of persuading an audience"
2List the 5 canons of rhetoric:
*Invention
*Organization
*Style
*Memory
*Delivery
3What are the three persuasive appeals?
*Logos
*Ethos
*Pathos
4Explain the persuasive appeal to Logos:
The appeal to reason
5Explain the persuasive appeal to Pathos:
The appeal to emotion
6Explain the persuasive appeal to Ethos:
The appeal to a writer's character.
7What attributes does the writers seek to exhibit when establishing Ethos?
*knowledgeable
*trustworthy
*benevolent
8What are the five components of the rhetorical situation?
*Writer
*Topic
*Audience
*Purpose
*Means
9What are the two purposes of an introduction?
*To let the reader know what you are writing about (should include thesis statement)
*To persuade you audience that your essay is worth reading
10Identify and explain two types of introductions:
*Corrective types: to show that your subject has been neglected, misunderstood, or misrepresented
*Paradoxical: to show that although the points you are trying to make seem improbable, they must after all be admitted
11List and explain the three qualities body paragraphs should possess:
*Unified= about one idea
*Coherent= sentences are smoothly and logically connected to one another
*Well Developed= the topic sentence is adequately supported
12What is the purpose of a conclusion?
To give the reader a sense of completion.
13What are the two attributes of an adequate summary?
Accurate and brief
14Define a Metaphor:
An identification of unlike things.
15Define a simile:
the comparison of unlike things using "like" or "as"
16Share one metaphor
He has the heart of a lion.
17Share one simile
They are like two peas in a pod.