chapter 1 test

Audience

The listener, viewer, or reader of a text. Most tests are likely to have multiple audiences.

concession

an acknowledgment that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable.

connotation

meanings or associations that readers have with a word beyond its dictionary definition or denotation

context

The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes and events surrounding a text

counterargument

an opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward

ethos

character

logos

embodied though, reason

occasion

Time and place the speech is given or piece is written

pathos

suffering, experience, emotion

persona

mask

polemic

hostile, aggressive argument

propaganda

the spurend of ideas and information to further a cause

purpose

The goal the speaker wants to achieve

refutation

A denial of the validity of an opposing argument

rhetoric

faculty of observing in a given case the available means of persuasion, persuasion

rhetoric appeals

rhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling, ethos logos or pathos

rhetorical triangle (aristotelian)

A diagram that illustrates the in a relationship among the speaker, audience and subject in a determining text

SOAPS

a mnemonic device that stands for subject occasion audience purpose in speaker

speaker

The person or group creates a text

subject

The topic

text

Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, political cartoons, fine art, photography, performances, fashion, culture trends