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1、Chapter10Reading:RhetoricRhetoric:TheAuthor’sCraftheword“rhetoric”carriesseveralmeanings,asyoumayknow—especiallyifyou’reinvolvedinspeechordebate.Onecommondeinition,perhapsthebestknowntoday,is“lotyanddishonestlanguage.”hatmeaningisotenassociatedwithpr
2、onouncementsbypoliticianswhoareseenasusingwordstododgecontroversy,hidetheirtrueposition,orpropupaweakargument.hefactthatwordssuchas“empty”or“mere”otenprecede“rhetoric”sug-geststhatthetermhasanegativeconnotationformanypeople.“Rhetoric,”however,hasanot
3、her,broader,morepositivemeaning,andthatREMEMBERis“thestudyofwritingorspeaking.”RhetoricinthissensestretchesbackatRhetoricquestionsassessyourleasttoAristotleandtheancientGreeks,whohelpedmakerhetoricafor-understandingofhowandwhymalpracticewithdeinedrul
4、esandconventions.It’sinthissecondsensetheauthordevelopsthestructureandmeaningofthepassage.thattheSATusestheterm.RhetoricquestionsontheReadingTestassessUnderstandingtheauthor’showwellyouunderstandthechoicesthatauthorsmakeinstructuringandpurposeorpoint
5、ofviewisoftendevelopingtheirtexts.ParallelingwhatwedidwithInformationandIdeasofcentralimportancetocorrectlyinChapter9,we’llturnnowtothekindsofRhetoricquestionsyou’llindonansweringRhetoricquestions.theReadingTest.Questionsinthiscategoryareofivemaintyp
6、es:fAnalyzingwordchoice:Understandinghowanauthorselectswords,phrases,andlanguagepatternstoinluencemeaning,tone,andstylefAnalyzingtextstructure:DescribinghowanauthorshapesandorganizesatextandhowthepartsofthepassagecontributetothewholetextfAnalyzingpoi
7、ntofview:UnderstandingthepointofvieworperspectivefromwhichpassagesaretoldandhowthatpointofvieworperspectiveafectsthecontentandstyleofthepassagefAnalyzingpurpose:Determiningthemainrhetoricalaimofapassageorapartofthepassage,suchasaparagraphfAnalyzingar
8、guments:Examiningtheclaims,counterclaims,reasoning,andevidenceanauthorusesinanargumentWe’llconsidereachofthesesubcategoriesinthesectionsthatfollow.81WNI-COLBOARD-SAT-CHAP10.indd814/27/1512:19PMEVIDENCE-BASEDREADINGANDWRITINGPRACTICEATANALYZINGWORDCHO
