rhetorical modes
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What is Rhetoric?Aristotle defined it as “The art of observing, in any
given case, the available means of persuasion.”
Speakers always want to communicate with their listeners; therefore, they take into account . . .• Their understanding of the listeners (audience)• Their understanding of the subject being explored • Their own reasons for wishing to communicate (intention)
The Rhetorical Triangle
Speaker or Writer
Audience Subject
Context
Intention
SOAPSTone tool for analysis
Speaker
Occasion
Audience
Purpose
Subject
Tone
Sample questions you might ask:
Who is the speaker? What makes him/her qualified?
What affect does the time period play?
Who is the intended audience?
What is the author’s purpose (intention)?
What is this piece about?
What diction, imagery, etc. is used to evince a particular feeling?
NarrativeIntention is to
present an event to the reader- what happened and how it happened.
May be...
Short or long
Factual or imagined
May instruct and inform, or simply divert and amuse
DescriptiveIntention is to make the reader as vividly aware as possible of what the writer has perceived through the
senses (or in his or her imagination), to give the
“feel” of things described, the quality of direct
experience.
Two Purposes Descriptive (cont.)
Objective Description:
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To convey information without bias or emotion
Subjective Description:
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To convey it with feeling
Expository
Intention is to explain or expose something.
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Function is to inform, to instruct, or to set forth
ideas.
ExpositoryCan be broken into 5
categories
1. Comparison and Contrast
2. Classification and Division
3. Definition
4. Process
5. Cause and Effect
ArgumentativeIntention is to make the reader change his or her
mind, attitude, point of view, or feelings.
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The terms “argument” and “persuasion” often used
interchangeably.
ArgumentativeArgument -
aims to win readers’ agreement with an assertion or claim by engaging their powers of reasoning.
ArgumentativePersuasion – aims to influence readers’ action, or their support for an action, by engaging their beliefs and feelings.
Bibliography“Mr. Henry’s Webpage.” August 2012.
http://www.ssdcougars.org/webpages/rhenry/news.cfm
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