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* see also [[Social Studies skills]]
* see also [[Social Studies skills]]


Rhetorical situation
Rhetorical situation =
= what the author is trying to say to the reader
 
components
* what the author is trying to say to the reader
purpose
* components:
argument
** purpose
audience
** argument
context
** audience
>> other?
** context
** >> other << to do
 
See
 
* [[Literary devices]]
 
* [[Rhetorical devices]]


See [[Rhetorical devices]]




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> crediblity
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== Figurative v. literal ==
== Rhetoric ==
* definitions:
 
** analogy
* rhetoric / rhetorical
** figurative
** >> definition to do
** literal
 
** metaphor
=== Rhetorical language types ===
* analogy
* figurative
* metaphor
 
== Literal ==
 
* may also include the author's intended meaning, be that literal or rhetorical
 
== Rhetorical v. literal ==
* dual use of figurative & literal language
* dual use of figurative & literal language
** Virginia Woolfe example from "Three Guineas," 1938:
** Virginia Woolfe example from "Three Guineas," 1938:
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[[Category:Language Arts]]
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[[Category:Literature]]
[[Category:Literature]]
[[Category:Rhetoric]]