The rhetorical appeals
What rhetorical appeal is related with credibility, authority, and trust?
Ethos
A fitness influencer promotes a new protein powder to their followers on social media.
Which element of the rhetorical triangle is primarily being considered?
The audience
A song by Alanis Morissette says “it’s like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife”.
Which rhetorical device is being used here?
Irony
What type of rhetoric focuses on future action, and decision-making?
Deliberative
What does “evidence” provides for the argument structure?
Statistics, measurable values, and facts.
A student writes an essay about quantum physics theories, providing formulas and factual statistics as evidence. Which rhetorical appeal is this student using?
Logos
Who was the person that considered the parts “speaker”, “audience”, and “message/purpose” when creating the rhetorical triangle?
Aristotle
Which rhetorical device is being used when someone refers to the moon as “cheese moon” when it looks slightly yellow
Metaphor
A lawyer presents evidence in court arguing that the defendant committed a crime last year and should be found guilty.
What type of rhetoric is being used here?
Forensic
“Out of millions of people in this country, do you really think that my vote is going to change anything at all?”
What is the author’s claim in this sentence?
That his vote won’t do a change at all in the elections.
In a speech about climate change, a speaker describes a future where “our children will inherit flooded cities, burning forests, and a world we were too careless to protect,” then presents scientific data showing a steady rise in global temperatures over 50 years.
Which TWO rhetorical appeals are being used?
Pathos and Logos
A scientist writes an article about climate change for a peer-reviewed journal instead of posting it on a personal blog.
Which element of the rhetorical triangle most influences the level of technical language used?
Audience
A speaker says: “Managing your time without a plan is like sailing without a compass.”
How does this analogy supports the speaker’s message?
It is explaining the relation between both on how an action that might sound innocent or irrelevant can have a catastrophic reaction.
What is the primary purpose of the type of rhetoric known as “epideictic”?
To focus on the present time, reinforcing shared values.
When an author provides a claim about a polemic topic (why it is important to care about climate change for example), what is the author’s main purpose with this kind of claim?
To persuade the audience. Most of the time to think the same way he/she does.