Rhetorical Appeals
People
Main Events
Rhetorical Devices
March
100

An Appeal to logic

logos

100

The year Emmett Till died

1955

100
The act that was passed in 1965

The Civil Rights Act

100

A short personal story

Anecdote

100

The main character's name

John Lewis

200
An appeal to ethics

Ethos

200

The age Emmett Till was when he was killed.

14

200

The name of the movement begun by Rosa Parks

The Montgomery Bus Boycott

200

Repetition of the first few words in a sentence, in multiple sentences in a row.

Parallel Structure OR Anaphora
200

The animal that John Lewis raised?

Chickens

300

An appeal to emotions

Pathos

300

The man who helped stage the sit-ins and marched with MLK.

Who is John Lewis?

300

MLK marched from Selma to this capitol city.

Montgomery Alabama

300

A comparison without using like or as.

Metaphor

300

The person who inspired John Lewis

Martin Luther King Jr.

400

ASPCA commercials (the ones with the sad dogs) are an examples what rhetorical appeal?

Pathos

400

The 16 year old girl who won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Malala

400

The location where MLK gave his "I Have a Dream" speech (city AND building)

Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC

400
The purpose of including rhetorical devices is...

To emphasize your main idea

400
The policy that the sit-ins were protesting.

Segregation

500

The following: "76% of adults say they love puppies more than cats" is an example of what rhetorical appeal?

Logos

500

The reason Emmett Till was killed.

Whistling at a white woman.

500

What decade did the Civil Rights movement begin in?

1950's

500

A question asked not intending an answer

Rhetorical question

500

The march that John Lewis took part in was MLK's march from... (name the city)

Selma

M
e
n
u