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Writer's pictureMonica Ferrer

1/11/2018 Class Lecture: Genre

Updated: Apr 17, 2018

  • Genre: category of composition / literature

  • Rhetorical Appeals:

    • Ethos: credibility

    • Pathos: emotional appeal

    • Logos: using reason

    • Kairos: the opportune moment

  • Rhetorical Situation: all of the things that helped create the text 

    • Purpose: what the author was trying to accomplish

    • Audience: who the author wanted to read their piece, or hear their speech

    • Tone/style: the way someone writes something

    • Exigence: why the author MUST compose the text 

    • Subject: what the piece is about


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