Definition of Pathos
Pathos uses ____ to persuade the audience.
What is Emotion?
This field uses pathos to help sell products to consumers.
What is advertising?
True or false: pathos relies on a connection with the audience.
What is true?
Name an appropriate way to use pathos.
What is: trying to persuade the audience, appealing to the emotions of the audience, or trying to gain sympathy from the audience to be more impactful?
Name a way logos can spark emotions in a crowd.
What is certain facts or statistics can cause emotional shock or emotional impact on a group of people?
Pathos relies on ________
What is feelings, values, and/or experiences?
These people use personal stories, anecdotes, and images to sway people in their favor.
What are politicians?
True or false: Pathos uses reasoning to reliably win the audience over
What is false?
Name an inappropriate way to use pathos.
What is: for manipulation, promoting misleading information, or using to try and unfairly play with the audience's feelings?
Name a way the use of pathos can strengthen the use of logos.
What is the use of a shocking or efficient delivery can further increase the impact the statistics have on the audience?
Pathos shapes the audience by______
What is creating an intended emotional response?
These organizations rely on Pathos to receive donations for their causes.
What are charities?
True or False: Pathos generally makes speeches less memorable than other appeals.
Determine if this scenario is using pathos in an appropriate manner: During a school speech the school president (Jackson) attempts to rile up the crowd revolving around the excess amount of homework given out after school. Whilst doing this however Jackson gives off faulty information about how much work students really get, possibly playing with crowds emotions.
What is: this is an inappropriate way of using pathos due to prevalence of misleading information?
In Greta Thunberg's speech about climate crisis, name a way the appeals ethos (credibility) and pathos (emotions) could her speech seen as uncredible.
Ethos: since Greta Thunberg is so young once making this speech (only a teenager) many people may see her ideals or thoughts invalid. As Well as having no scientific knowledge based on her career for this topic.
Pathos: During the speech Greta Thunberg shows great passion for this topic, however her emotions may be seen by the audience or critics as unprofessional and even as a threat, decreasing her credibility.
Pathos supports ______
What is the speaker's purpose?
Lawyers use pathos in a courtroom to persuade a jury by _______
What is telling stories of their clients?
True or False: Pathos can decrease credibility.
What is true?
Name a way Ronald Reagan uses pathos in his challenger speech.
What is: appealing to different audiences, persuading the audience via positive language (tone shift), includes his own family to sympathize with the families of the lost astronauts, and the use of inclusive language like "we"?
Name a way pathos enhances the ethos of a speaker.
What is the personal relationship between the audience and the speaker makes the emotional parts of the speech more impactful?