Questions about rhetoric.

1. When analyzing a text, do I assume the reader knows just as much as I do about the text?

2. What if you don't know what to argue/are not passionate about it?

3. Is starting a sentence with "But" or "Because" allowed?

4. What is the difference between "literacy," "reading," and "writing?" 

5. Who is our audience when we write?

6. Can I argue for something I don't believe in? 

7. Does this assignment help us to write better or read better?

8. How un/biased should I be in an argumentative paper?

9. Does a thesis statement always have to be just one sentence? 

10. How do we place a text in its rhetorical context? 

11. What happens if there is no identifiable claim in an article?

12. How do you politely say that a counter-argument is stupid?

13. What is rhetoric? How do I talk about rhetoric?

14. What is a "qualifier" and do I need to use them?

15. What is ethos? What is logos? What is pathos?