Rhetoric — English definition
Defined in 3 courses:
- The art of using language effectively and persuasively. (English 9: Experience, Perspective & Inquiry)
- The art of using language deliberately to persuade an audience. (English 10: Choices, Conscience & Consequences)
- The art of persuasion — the deliberate choices a writer makes to move an audience. (English 11: American Voices, Identity & Public Memory)
Where it is taught
- Rhetorical Appeals: Ethos, Pathos & Logos — Argument & Rhetoric, English 9: Experience, Perspective & Inquiry, Grade 9
- Rhetorical Appeals — Argument, Rhetoric & Tragic Choices, English 10: Choices, Conscience & Consequences, Grade 10
- Analyzing Seminal Texts — Close Reading & Literary Analysis, English 11: American Voices, Identity & Public Memory, Grade 11
In use
The art of using language to persuade like this even has a name: rhetoric.
Rhetorical Appeals: Ethos, Pathos & Logos
The deliberate art of using language to persuade like this has a name — rhetoric — and its three great tools are ethos, pathos, and logos.
Rhetorical Appeals
Reading a seminal text closely means reading for both its theme and its rhetoric — the claim it makes about the American experience and the craft that makes the claim land.
Analyzing Seminal Texts