Speaker, audience, exigence, purpose, claim types, thesis, and rhetorical reasoning as taught in AP English Language.
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- What is the rhetorical situation?
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The circumstances surrounding communication, including the speaker, audience, purpose, context, and exigence.- Who is the speaker in a rhetorical context?
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The person or entity creating and delivering the message.- What does audience mean in rhetoric?
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The intended readers or listeners who receive and interpret the message.- What is exigence?
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A problem, issue, or circumstance that prompts the speaker to create a text or argument.- How is purpose defined in rhetoric?
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The goal or intended effect the speaker hopes to achieve with the audience.- What is context in a rhetorical situation?
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The circumstances, conditions, and historical or cultural background surrounding the communication.- What is an occasion in rhetoric?
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The specific moment, event, or time period that prompts or shapes the creation of a text.- What is a claim?
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A statement or assertion that a writer believes to be true and must support with evidence.- What is a claim of fact?
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A claim that asserts something is objectively true or false, based on verifiable evidence.- What is a claim of value?
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A claim that makes a judgment about the worth, quality, merit, or importance of something.- What is a claim of policy?
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A claim that argues for a specific action, change, or course of action.- What is a thesis?
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The main claim of an argument, typically stated explicitly early in the text, that the rest of the work supports.- What is rhetoric?
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The art and strategy of using language and persuasive communication effectively to influence an audience.- What is a rhetorical appeal?
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A persuasive technique used to convince an audience by appealing to their reason, emotion, or trust in the speaker.- What is ethos?
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A rhetorical appeal based on the credibility, character, and trustworthiness of the speaker.
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