11.16.15
In your planner: 3 things that you are excited for this
week!!!
In your notebook:
Summarize what you think some of
Sarah’s biases might be.
What opinions does she have about the
people in this case? How can you tell?
What are some opinions she has about
what happened in this case?
At least half a page.
Rhetoric Notes
Part 2: SOAPStone
Rhetoric is…
…the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing; using language
to persuade.
Rhetoric is always situational. In other words, the way a writer or speaker
uses their language depends on the speaker, occasion, audience,
purpose, and subject.
Speaker
Writers often assume a persona—the character the
speaker creates when he or she writes or speaks—
depending on the context, purpose, subject, and
audience.
Are you speaking as a poet, comedian, or scholar?
Are you speaking as an expert on ice skating, popular
music, or a specific software program? Are you
speaking as a literary critic in your English class or as a
concerned citizen in your local community?
Occasion
The context that prompted the writer—the time and
place of the piece.
Writing does not occur in a vacuum. All writers are
influenced by the larger occasion: an environment of
ideas, attitudes, and emotions that swirl around a
broad issue. Then there is the immediate occasion: an
event or situation that has triggered a writer or
speaker’s response.
Sometimes context arises from current events or
cultural bias (writing about freedom of speech in a
community that has experienced hate graffiti).
Audience
What does the audience know about the subject?
What is the audience’s attitude toward it? Is there
common ground between the writer’s and reader’s
views on the subject?
Purpose
The goal that the speaker or writer wants to achieve.
For example: trying to win agreement, persuade us to
take action, evoke sympathy, make someone laugh,
inform, provoke, celebrate, repudiate, put forth
proposal, secure support, or bring about a favorable
decision.
Subject
Writers must first choose a subject and then
(1)evaluate what they already know about it,
(2)what others have said about it,
(3)and what kind of evidence or proof will sufficiently
develop their position.
Tone
The attitude of the writer or speaker has toward his or
her audience or subject.
The spoken word can convey the speaker's attitude
and thus help to impart meaning through tone of
voice. With the written word, it is tone that extends
meaning beyond the literal, and a writer or speaker
must convey this tone in their diction (choice of
words) and syntax (sentence construction).
Logos
Definition: appeal to reason by offering clear, rational
ideas.
Give an example of how someone could be
persuasive using clear, rational ideas.
Ethos
Definition: an appeal to character; to demonstrate
credibility or trustworthiness
Give an example of how someone could be
persuasive by appealing to someone’s character.
Pathos
Definition: an appeal to emotion
Give an example of how someone could be
persuasive by appealing to the emotions of their
audience.