RHETORICAL APPEALS (Ethos, Pathos, Logos)
$100 – This appeal relies on facts, statistics, and logical reasoning.
➡️ Answer: What is Logos?
$100 – To outline the claims and steps of an argument clearly and in detail.
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➡️ Answer: What does delineate mean?
$100 – The literal, dictionary definition of a word.
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➡️ Answer: What is denotation?
$100 – Specific quotes that directly prove a claim.
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➡️ Answer: What is strong and thorough evidence?
$100 – A system in which people or groups are ranked by authority or status.
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➡️ Answer: What is a hierarchy?
$200 – This appeal persuades by targeting the audience’s emotions.
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➡️ Answer: What is Pathos?
$200 – To judge whether an author’s reasoning and evidence are strong and logical.
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➡️ Answer: What does evaluate mean?
$200 – The emotional or cultural associations connected to a word.
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➡️ Answer: What is connotation?
$200 – A small or subtle difference in meaning or tone.
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➡️ Answer: What is nuance?
$200 – To clearly set boundaries or limits.
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➡️ Answer: What does demarcate mean?
$300 – This appeal is based on the speaker’s credibility or trustworthiness.
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➡️ Answer: What is Ethos?
$300 – Reasoning that is based on faulty logic or false assumptions.
➡️ Answer: What is fallacious reasoning?
➡️ Answer: What is fallacious reasoning?
$300 – How repeated words or phrases work together to build mood or tone.
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➡️ Answer: What is cumulative effect?
$300 – When evidence directly supports the inference made in Part A of a question.
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➡️ Answer: What is Part B evidence?
$300 – Something that is temporary or short-lived.
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➡️ Answer: What is ephemeral?
$400 – A doctor using years of medical experience to support an argument is an example of this appeal.
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➡️ Answer: What is Ethos?
$400 – To publicly support or argue in favor of an idea or cause.
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➡️ Answer: What does it mean to advocate?
$400 – Repeating the same grammatical structure to emphasize ideas or create rhythm.
➡️ Answer: What is parallel structure?
➡️ Answer: What is parallel structure?
$400 – A question that requires students to explain how word choice impacts meaning.
➡️ Answer: What is RI.10.4 / RL.10.4 analysis?
➡️ Answer: What is RI.10.4 / RL.10.4 analysis?
$400 – Showing extreme care and attention to detail.
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Answer: What does meticulous mean?
$500 – An advertisement showing suffering animals to encourage donations primarily uses this appeal.
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➡️ Answer: What is Pathos?
$500 – To deny the truth of a claim or prove it invalid.
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➡️ Answer: What does it mean to negate or contradict?
$500 – How an author controls time in a text to build suspense or emphasis.
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➡️ Answer: What is pacing?
$500 – The reading strategy most important for MAAP Part B questions
➡️ Answer: What is using direct text evidence that supports Part A?
$500 – To identify a cause or give credit for an effect.
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➡️ Answer: What does attribute mean?