EAPP QUARTER 4, WEEK 1

PERSUASION / RHETORIC

Mary Jane A. Cabasal

Multiple Choice: choose the letter of the best answer.

1. The statement of the opinion that the author is defending as true.

a. Grounds c. Claim
b. Warrant d. Backing

2. When the author addresses the opposing views.

c. Rebuttal c. Backing
d. Qualifiers d.
reasons

3. Sets limitations or conditions for the claim to be true.

e. Claim c.
Qualifiers
f. Rebuttal d. Grounds

4. Connects the grounds to the claim to be true.

g. Backing c. Arguments
h. Rebuttal d. Warrants

5. Provides additional support for the claim by addressing different questions

related to their claim.
Rhetorical Analysis – is about exploring the strategies and writing techniques applied in a particular piece. Rhetorical
analysis can help you think about the strategies other authors have made and how or why these strategies work or don’t
work.

Audience - Academic Papers should be written with the intended audience. Audience should have an impact on
people’s writing. It is important to remember that the audience affects both how a paper is written and what a paper is
about. Paying attention to our audience is equally important in analysis, as knowing more about them can tell you as a
writer as to what information is relevant or effective in the paper.

Purpose - a position paper’s purpose is often not always, to persuade readers to take their side. Take note then that
their Thesis statement should always claim something that they’ll have to defend with reliable sources. Analyze
arguments on how well they can be convincing.

Voice - refers to the rhetorical mixture of vocabulary, tone, point of view, and syntax that make phrases,
sentences, and paragraphs flow in a particular manner.
Qualifiers and intensifiers – are words or phrases that are added to another word to modify its
meaning. Either by limiting it ( He was somewhat busy) or by enhancing it
( The dog was very cute).

Warrant – is the assumption on which the claim and the evidence depend. Another way of
saying this would be that the warrant explains why the data supports the claim.

Backing – is a key part of building a strong argument, as defined by Stephen Toulmin in his
model of argumentation. The additional evidence that supports warrant, which is the logical
link connecting your evidence to your claim.

Toulmin Method – is a style of argumentation that breaks arguments down into six
component parts.
Ethos – refers to the character, credibility, and moral values a group
or individual possesses.
Example: Advertisement where doctors recommend a product.

Pathos- is a mode of persuasion in which an argument, it’s meant to

to appeal to the audience emotions.
“ If we don’t move soon, we’re going to die!”

Logos- Is an argument that appeals to the audience’s sense of

reasons.
More than one hundred peer-reviewed studies have been conducted
over the past decade, and none of them suggests that this is an effective
treatment for hair loss.
Matching type: Match column A with the correct answer in column B. Write only the letter on space
provided.