Summer English Memorization

Rhetoric

the art of persuasion through words

Appeal

attempt to persuade

What are the three types of Appeal?

Pathos, Logos, and Ethos

Pathos

an attempt to persuade an audience by stimulating their emotions

Ethos

attempting to persuade an audience by backing up a point with an authority

Logos

an attempt to persuade an audience by backing a point with logic and facts

Thesis

the main, overarching claim a writer is seeking to defend or prove

Concession

acceptance of all or a portion of a competing position or claim as correct, or that it is correct under a different set of circumstances; also the acknowledgement of the limitations of one’s own argument.

Rebuttal

demonstration that an opposing argument is incorrect

Qualification

moderation or specification of a claim.

Rhetorical situation

the context in which a text is written

How can a Rhetorical situation be analyzed?

with the acronym SOAPST

What does the acronym SOAPST stand for?

Speaker

Occasion

Audience

Purpose

Subject

Tone

Stance

Speaker

the person creating the text

Occasion

the time and place when the text is written

Audience

the people for whom the text is written

Purpose

The speakers goal in writting the text

Subject

the topic of the text

Tone

the speaker’s attitude toward the subject

Stance

the speaker’s attitude toward the audience

Syntax

sentence structure

Diction

word choice

Style

a writer’s pattern of syntax and diction; the level of formality in a text