Rhetorical Situation
Who are the group you are addressing with your words?
When we say 'ethos', we are talking about a speaker's...
Credibility
Pathos is an appeal to...
Emotion
When we say 'logos', what are we talking about?
Logic or reasoning
What do you do with the first word of each sentence?
Capitalize it
Beliefs commonly held by most are know as what?
Commonplaces
What shape is used to represent the relationship between ethos, pathos, and logos?
One of the four elements of ethos, we know a speaker to have this when they are honest, ethical, and/or moral.
Trustworthiness
Emotions aren’t always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to what?
Actions
Logos refers to which part of a conversation: the speaker, the audience, or the message?
The message
Over the summer I went to Disney World.
Over the summer, I went to Disney World.
What kind of triangle is used in the rhetorical triangle?
Equilateral
Another of the four elements of ethos, a speaker shows this when they relate to whom they are speaking.
Similarities with the audience
List at least three of the seven ways we can appeal to emotion through pathos.
Themes, Words, Analogies, Stories, Humor, Visuals, Delivery Techniques
Citing your sources help make your argument more understandable, real, or logical?
Real
Which of the words below must be capitalized:
summer, earth, italian, biology
Italian
The particular circumstances surrounding a topic is...
The context
Another of the four elements of ethos, a speaker builds this through their education, demeanor, and knowledge of a topic.
Reputation
How can our delivery technique appeal to an audience's emotions?
Your tone cues an audience of how they should feel.
It's not just what you say, it's how you say it.
What are the three ways we can improve our logos?
Make it understandable, logical, and real.
Provide the proper punctuation below:
Ground like hamburger boiling in swamp water seasoned with garlic the tasty poodle simmered in a pot!
Ground like hamburger, boiling in swamp water,
seasoned with garlic, the tasty poodle simmered in a pot!
What do we call the effective use of language?
Rhetoric
List at least three ways a speaker can relate to their audience.
Age, Race, Gender, Culture, Socio-economic status, Career, Personality, etc.
Provide an example of how visuals can appeal to emotions.
Any example where a visual provides better context to a situation.
ex. A picture of cancerous lungs on a pack of cigarettes v. a small bit of text on the side.
Place each of these techniques in their respective category: Use plain language, Cite your sources, Address the opposing viewpoint and refute it.
Understandable: Use plain language
Logical: Address the opposing viewpoint and refute it
Real: Cite your sources
Provide punctuation to the sentence below:
George used War and Peace a heavy thick intimidating book to smash the cockroaches he found crawling on the walls of his college dorm room.
George used War and Peace, a heavy, thick, intimidating book, to smash the cockroaches he found crawling on the walls of his college dorm room.