Rhetorical Appeals
Rhetorical appeals are...
Qualities of an argument that make it truly persuasive.
Identify the 3 different types of textual connections.
The 3 different types of textual connections are...
Text to Text
Text to Self
Text to World
Which rhetorical device does Dr. King use in paragraphs 15 and 16 to emphasize the importance of civil disobedience? Be sure to explain your answer.
Dr. King uses Ethos to emphasize the importance of civil disobedience.
Analyze the excerpt below:
"My personal faith is absolutely clear. I cannot intentionally hurt anything that lies, much less fellow-human beings even though they may do the greatest wrong to me and mine. Whilst therefore I hold the British rule to be a curse, I do not intend to harm a single Englishman," (Paragraph 1).
He believes British rule is a curse but he doesn't believe in harming Englishman for what they've done to India and it's people.
Which of the following would be used when talking about revenge?
1. Manifest
2. Counter
3. Inundate
4. Retaliate
4. Retaliate
Name and define the Rhetorical Appeals
Ethos/Ethics, Pathos/Emotion, Lagos/Logic & Kairos/Time
This type of connection is between a text and something in your own life experience.
Text to Self
Paragraph 19 explains...
The reason Martin Luther King was arrested
In paragraph 6 Ghandi states, "conviction or no conviction Great Brain would defend her Indian commerce and interest by all the forces at her command." Explain what this quote means and how India would be affected.
Ghandi believes that Great Britain will do whatever it takes to keep India under their colonial rule. This adversely affects India because their resources, culture, citizens and country are all being decimated by Great Britain's exploits.
Which of the following would be used when talking about values?
1. Mores
2. Moratorium
3. Moreso
4. Morose
1. Mores
Which rhetorical appeal is best applied to paragraph 37? Be sure to explain your answer
Ethos
What is one of the literary devices that both MLK and Ghandi use in their letters?
MLK and Ghandi both use repitition in their letters.
MLK uses the word "tension" repetitively to explain how non-violent direct-action is used. Ghandi uses the word "serve" as a form off repetition to show his awakening.
The purpose of the direct-action program is explained in what paragraph?
1. Paragraph 8
2. Paragraph 9
3. Paragraph 10
4. Paragraph 11
4. Paragraph 11
"Many think that non-violence is not an active force. It is my purpose to set in motion that force as well against the organized violent force of the British rule as the unorganized violent force of the growing party of violence," (Paragraph 6).
According to the excerpt above, how does Ghandi describe Great Britain?
1. An organized violent force.
2. An unorganized violent force.
3. A growing party of violence.
4. None of the above.
1. An organized violent force.vvvv
Which of the following happens when someone incites or inflames a situation?
1. Complacency
2. Violation
3. Provocation
4. Repudiation
3. Provocation
Which rhetorical appeal most closely aligns with paragraph 26? Be sure to explain your answer.
Kairos
In paragraph 12 Dr. King says, "lamentably, it is a historical fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily." Explain what he means by this assertion and establish of a textual connection between this quote and another source.
People in positions of power rarely bestow it upon others...
Which quote best describes an unjust law? (Paragraphs 17 & 18)
1. An unjust law is sameness made legal.
2. An unjust law is a code that a numerical or power majority group compels a minority group to obey.
3. An unjust law is inflicted upon a majority.
4. An unjust law compels a majority to follow.
2. An unjust law is a code that a numerical or power majority group compels a minority group to obey.
What did Gandhi say would happen if the letter had no effect? (Paragraph 10)
1. He and his followers would boycott the Salt Act.
2. He would be arrested and put in prison.
3. He would ask his followers to protest violently.
4. He would no longer serve English people.
1. He and his followers would boycott the Salt Act.
Which of the following would be used when talking about being aware?
1. Cognizant
2. Precipitate
3. Trivialized
4. Known
1. Cognizant
Which rhetorical appeal is best applied to paragraph 36? Be sure to explain your answer.
Ethos
In paragraph 4, Ghandi states "it has impoverished the dumb millions by a system of progressive exploitation and by a ruinously expensive military and civil administration which the country can never afford."
Explain what this paragraph means and how it connects with video Great Britain vs India video.
Ghandi's quote explains how Indians were being exploited. It connects with the video because the breakdown how Great Britain exploited India for it's resources to a degree that still affects India to this day.
Which line best explains why MLK believed he wasn't an extremist?
1. "This movement is made up of people who have lost faith in America, who have absolutely repudiated Christianity and who have concluded that the white man is an incorrigible evil," (Paragraph, 28).
2. "The other force is one of bitterness and hatred, and it comes perilously close to advocating violence," (Paragraph 27).
3. I am grateful to God that, through the influence of the Negro church, the way of nonviolence became an integral part of our struggle," (Paragraph 28).
4. If this philosophy had not emerged, by now many of the streets of the South would, I am convinced, be flowing with blood," (Paragraph 29).
3. I am grateful to God that, through the influence of the Negro church, the way of nonviolence became an integral part of our struggle," (Paragraph 28).
A. To discuss a proposed conference.
B. To find a way out of his planned civil disobedience
C. To inform the Viceroy about the party of about the party of violence.
D. To request help for his family
A. To discuss a proposed conference.
"The Negro has many pent-up resentments and latent frustrations, and must release them," (Paragraph 30). According to the excerpt above, the word latent means.
1. Dormant
2. Hidden
3. All of the above
4. None of the above
3. All of the above