Procedural rhetoric

High school (ages 12+)
Thinking & Learning

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/procedural-rhetoric

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the originator?Ian Bogost
2. What is the foundational text?Persuasive Games: The Expressive Power of Videogames (2007)
3. How do games teach us using rules?When you play a game, the rules show what happens if you do something, so you learn by trying and seeing the results.
4. Why do game rules matter for learning?Because the rules show the logic and consequences, you remember them better than just reading about them.

Procedural Rhetoric: The study of how interactive systems persuade users through their underlying rules and processes.
Embodied Argument: A persuasive claim or message conveyed implicitly through the design and mechanics of a system.
Rule-Based Representation: The method by which systems model reality or convey ideas through their operational logic and constraints.