Ethos/Pathos/Logos
An appeal to credibility or shared values.
What is ethos?
Word choice.
What is diction?
The person presenting the argument AND the point of view or state of mind of the individual presenting the argument.
What is speaker?
Why do we care about argument?
Responses vary
Sad commercials that show homeless puppies and ask you to donate money or adopt the puppies.
What is an example of pathos?
An appeal to logic or reason. Often uses facts and statistics.
What is logos?
Works together to create tone.
What is DIDLS?
The people being targeted by the speaker.
What is audience?
Why is it important that we carefully assess arguments?
Responses vary.
Oprah's Book Club picks.
An appeal to emotion.
What is pathos?
A description that appeals to one or more of the five senses (touch, smell, sight, taste, etc..)
What is imagery?
The goal of the speaker/argument. The movement the speaker wants the audience to make.
What is purpose?
How might you apply what you've learned in this unit to daily life? Give a specific example.
Responses vary
Boxed water ads that show plastic bottles in the ocean and in landfills.
What is an example of ethos?
What is an example of pathos?
Responses vary, teacher's discretion.
Impacts tone by what is included and/or excluded.
What is details?
The attitude of a speaker toward his/her subject.
What is tone?
"Wise as serpents, gentle as doves" Matt. 10:16
"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind" Rom. 12:2
The Coke ad that shows a coke bottle, a peaceful green field, and the slogan: "Open a Coke, Open happiness."
What is an example of pathos?
What is an example of ethos?
Responses vary, teacher's discretion.
"This is My Time" has a _______ tone.
Responses vary, teacher's discretion.
Whether the argument achieves its goal or not (or how well it achieves the goal).
What is effective?
What's one takeaway you have from this unit?
Responses vary
You should do your homework. 80% of students who do homework every night show improved grades.
What is an example of logos?