San Diego State University Rhetorical Strategies & Appeals Multiple Choice

Instructions

This segment of our studies in writing is meant to build upon the foundation (main argument, claims and evidence) we’ve been constructing over the last two weeks.

Feel free to use the documents you have been assigned to read Rhetorical Strategies-2.docx

and Rhetorical Appeals.docx

in preparation for this next segment. This “quiz” is meant to reinforce your understanding of the different types of Rhetorical Strategies and Rhetorical Appeals writers use to make impact on their readers. Since both work in conjunction with each other in making impact on an audience, it made sense to create a quiz that encompasses the content of both readings.

I worked on these two documents for nearly 3 hours so that they would include illustrations (and an hyperlink or two) meant to clarify how to interpret the content you’ve been given.

The more strongly you understand these concepts now, the more effectively you’ll be able to identify how other writers use them and, equally important, how to utilize them more effectively when crafting your own arguments.