ENGL102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Rhetoric, Pathos
13 Dec 2017
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Understanding and finding all available means persuasion in all the different. Aristotle: (cid:498)observing in any case all of the available means of persuasion. (cid:499) Eagleton: (cid:498)the received form of critical analysis from ancient society examined the way discourses are constructed in order to achieve certain effects. (cid:499) How writing and discourses are put together to do something situations. Looks at what a text is doing (convincing/calling to action/educating/etc. ) Claim: main assertion/point of a text, can be argued. Data/evidence: supports the claim (statistics, expert testimony, experience, etc. ) Warrant: unstated assumption on which the claim rests, something that hopefully is generally understood by the reader. Rhetor: speaker, writer, painter, blogger, photographer, etc. Purpose: what the rhetor wants to accomplish with the audience. The argument"s logical appeals, how to use the text in one"s own arguments as. Facts and other evidence such as testimonies are required to create an effective evidence argument. Emotional appeals, tapping into a reader"s emotions.
