ENGL 101 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

Ethos

The appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the speaker, writer, or narrator

Pathos

appeal to emotions

logos

appeal to logic

rhetoric

Effective communication of ideas fitting of the context it exists in.
NOT limited or negative

artistic proofs

rhetorical appeals invented by the speaker

kairos

the opportunity moment for action

rhetorical opportunity

An occasion to make change through language, whether visual, written, or spoken.

opportunity vs exigency

Opportunity is the broader context calling for action whereas exigence is carries more urgency in relation to a problem or issue.

rhetorical genres

What commonly exists in rhetorical situations that is both shaped by and shapes that context?

reading for content vs reading rhetorically

Content reading seeks to obtain the message whereas reading rhetorical seeks to understand the message and all the factors contributing to its creation and meaning.

Analysis vs synthesis

Analysis seeks to examine individual parts of a whole in an effort to understand the work.

Synthesis follows analysis and seeks to take the individual parts of one or more works, considering where they connect or conflict, and formulating something new.

rhetorical research allows you to

Enter an established community
Increase awareness of how and why we use sources
Recognize motives of other voices

currency

the chronological relevance of the sources used in a project.

coverage

the comprehensiveness of research

reliability

the replicability and accuracy of sources

proposal argument

Which essay required a concrete solution/change and the reasoning, effects, and feasibility of that change

evaluation

Which essay required a judgement and the criteria for that judgement

rhetorical self

which essay required a reflection on participation in different communities

position argument

Essay required a clarified stance and the reasoning for that stance.

PIE

Point, Illustration, Explanation

Aristotle

Ethos is the most important form of writing

medium

how we receive information such as billboards and television

rhetoric triangle

ethos (speaker), logos ( message), pathos (speaker)

rhetorical star

exigency (context), audience, medium ( how we receive the information as), message

summary

original passage long, language not unique, shorter than original, and your own language and sentence structure

paraphrase

original not long, language not unique, identical length, your own language and sentence structure.

elements of a thesis

the purpose of the essay, the audience, and the main points

signal tags

authors name and title of the article/essay

comma splice

an incorrect usage of a comma, typically sentences

run on

too incomplete ideas strung together with no punctuation

fragment

an incomplete idea