Rhetorical Analysis Terms Crossword Puzzle

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ARGUMENT : Claims backed by reasons that are supported by evidence
APPEALS : Persuasive strategies used in arguments to support claims and respond to opposing arguments
EVIDENCE : Information given to support an argument
CONSTRAINTS : The limitations within which the rhetor must work
SUPPORT : Statements that back up a claim (data, personal experience, expert opinion, textual evidence, emotional appeals, etc.)
RHETORIC : The choices a rhetor makes to effectively persuade, inform, educate, or entertain
TONE : A manner of expression in speech or writing; rhetor’s attitude toward their subject and audience
EXIGENCE : The event or occurrence that prompts rhetorical discourse
TOPIC : A matter dealt with in a text, discourse, or conversation
ETHOS : Persuasive appeal based on the projected character of the rhetor
RHETOR : Anyone who creates a specific communication that is intended to affect an audience\'s thinking or actions
TEXT : The actual communication a person intentionally creates, whether written or spoken
PURPOSE : A reason for writing, or the aim, or goal behind a claim or thesis statement
AUDIENCE : Anyone designated by the rhetor as listeners or readers of their text; the recipient of communication
THESIS : The main idea/claim of an argument
CONTEXT : Time, place, and environment that surrounds a particular communication
PATHOS : Appeals to audience members\' emotions
LOGOS : The *sense* of logic or reasoning created by a rhetor

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argument : claims backed by reasons that are supported by evidence
appeals : persuasive strategies used in arguments to support claims and respond to opposing arguments
evidence : information given to support an argument
constraints : the limitations within which the rhetor must work
support : statements that back up a claim (data, personal experience, expert opinion, textual evidence, emotional appeals, etc.)
rhetoric : the choices a rhetor makes to effectively persuade, inform, educate, or entertain
tone : a manner of expression in speech or writing; rhetor’s attitude toward their subject and audience
exigence : the event or occurrence that prompts rhetorical discourse
topic : a matter dealt with in a text, discourse, or conversation
ethos : persuasive appeal based on the projected character of the rhetor
rhetor : anyone who creates a specific communication that is intended to affect an audience's thinking or actions
text : the actual communication a person intentionally creates, whether written or spoken
purpose : a reason for writing, or the aim, or goal behind a claim or thesis statement
audience : anyone designated by the rhetor as listeners or readers of their text; the recipient of communication
thesis : the main idea/claim of an argument
context : time, place, and environment that surrounds a particular communication
pathos : appeals to audience members' emotions
logos : the *sense* of logic or reasoning created by a rhetor