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the speaker's listeners or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed.
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| the occasion or the time and place of a writing/speech; words, events, or curcumstances that help determe meaning; helps to determine rhetorical effectivness. |
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| in rhetoric, the appeal of a text to the crediablity and character of the peaker, writer, or narrator. (Who is this person saying "what" ,and what makes him/her able to say so?);p a Greek term referring to the character of a person. |
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| An objective statement that can be proved weith reference materials or through direct observation; information that is tru or demonstratable. |
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| in rhetoric, the logical appeal of to reason; a Greek term that means "word"; appealing to logos (Greek, "embodied thought") means having a clear main idea, or thesis, with specific details, examples, facts, statistical data, or expert testimony as support. |
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| an aspect of context; the cause or reason for writing; useful in determining rhetorical effectivness |
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| a subjective statement that cannot be proved; same unsupported opinion. An example of an opinion is a viewpoint. Someone's viewpoint canot be proved. The types of opinion incude (a.) Unsupported opinion: a statement that cannot be proved although you might agree with it; and (b.) informed opinion: an opinion that includes facts to support it |
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