Ben and Jackie

Here is the link to our online crossword puzzle. After you're on the link, scroll to the bottom and press "solve online" the answer key AKA our key terms are also available at the bottom of the page. Click on "Answer key HTML"
http://www.armoredpenguin.com/crossword/Data/2013.04/2213/22134207.684.html  

For our representation of the key terms of rhetoric we decided to create a crossword puzzle. A crossword puzzle formats the answers in a way that connects letters from one word to another. Therefore, the crossword is an accurate representation of rhetoric. The puzzle illustrates the interconnectedness of the words. Without a rhetorical situation, salience, choice, ethos, pathos, logos etc. would not exist. Although Vatz and Bitzer’s key terms differ immensely, both styles are important when considering the key terms of rhetoric cumulatively. In Vatz’s article, he proposes that, ‘“The very choice of what facts or events are relevant is a matter of pure arbitration. Once the choice is communicated, the event is imbued with salience, or what Chaim Perelman calls ‘presence,’’’(Vatz 157). Therefore, our decision to include salience, choice, and rhetor in our key terms is logical. This statement also reveals how the words are related. The situation would not be interpreted if not for the rhetor. Without the rhetor, a choice would not have been made. In turn, there would be no salience in the situation because the choice of what to make salient would not exist. In an article based on Artistotle’s perception of rhetoric he also references the rhetorical appeals that Bitzer explains. The article states, “According to Aristotle, the available means of persuasion are based on three kinds of proof: logical (logos), ethical (ethos), and emotional (pathos)” (Artistotle 280).

This format represent us as writers because as each word in the puzzle relies on another word to be complete, we rely on all of these aspects of writing in completing a given piece of writing. The crossword relates to the course because we do not only study one aspect of rhetoric. We need to understand all of the different terms in order to build an argument. Just as you use the other answers in a puzzle to determine another solution, we rely on our knowledge of certain terms to guide us in our interpretation of the others. In an article based on Artistotle’s perception of rhetoric he also references the rhetorical appeals that Bitzer explains. The article states, “According to Aristotle, the available means of persuasion are based on three kinds of proof: logical (logos), ethical (ethos), and emotional (pathos)” (Artistotle 280).