1. What is Rhetoric?

2. Rhetoric
(noun) :
“The skill of using language in speech or writing in a special way that influences or persuades people”

3. The Rhetorical Triangle
Subject
Effect
Purpose
Audience

4. Why do writers use rhetoric?
• Argument ---
To discover a truth
Leads to CONVICTION
Persuasion ----
to know a truth
Leads to ACTION

5. Purposes of rhetoric Some of the purposes of rhetoric are to Evaluate
Inform
Make decisions
Convince
Explore
Define
Motivate
Inspire
Criticize

6. Methods/Techniques
Authors often use the following methods/techniques to get their points across:
Logic
Humor
Evidence
Examples
Definitions
Surprise
Shock and awe
Emotion

7. And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. “I Have a Dream” 1

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