Definitions 1
An appeal to one’s emotions.
Pathos
An appeal using logic and reason.
Logic
Ethos, Pathos, or Logos
A boyfriend pleads with his significant other not to break up with him because they are the love of his life and no one compares to them.
The _______ is the author’s attitude toward the subject.
Tone
Identify the rhetorical device:
I hate that I love you.
Night and day
The forces of good and evil
Juxtaposition
A question posed to make a point, not to get an answer.
Rhetorical Question
An appeal to one’s morals that refers to a speaker’s credibility.
Ethos
Ethos, Pathos, or Logos?
She is a forensics and bullet expert for the FBI – if anyone is going to solve this crime and determine the murder weapon, it will be her.
Ethos
The _________ is what the text or speech is primarily about.
Subject
Identify the rhetorical device:
You refer to your friend as “real Einstein” because of their intelligence”
Allusion
Two words or phrases placed close together with contrasting effect.
Juxtaposition
The qualities that make an argument effective.
Rhetorical Appeals
Ethos, Pathos, or Logos
Even though the first amendment gives Americans the right to free speech, we still cannot do things such as scream “fire” during a movie.
Logos
To understand the ____________, determine why the author or speaker wrote the text.
Purpose
A short story rooted in personal experience meant to capture a reader’s attention, support a claim, and add humor or levity to a serious situation.
Anecdote
The repetition of a word or phrase in successive clauses.
Anaphora
An indirect or passing reference calling an impactful figure or relevant information to mind.
Allusion
List each rhetorical appeal and one word to define each one.
________ = _________
________ = _________
________ = _________
Ethos = trust/credibility
Pathos = emotions
Logos = logic/facts/statistics
The ______________ is the general, political, social, or economic state during the time the piece was written or delivered.
occasion
Identify the rhetorical device:
Nearly all songs, but especially the song “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”
MLK’s “I Have a Dream”
Anaphora
Techniques used to make messages stand out, evoke certain emotions or responses, or persuade an audience a certain way
The repetition of grammatical elements to create harmony (balance) in writing.
Parallelism
State the rhetorical appeal AND identify all supporting evidence:
Emmy-award winning and Oscar nominated actor Bryan Cranston previously voiced his support of actors and writers during their respective strikes against movie studios.
Ethos
"Emmy-award winning and Oscar nominated actor"
List what each part of the SOAPSTone acronym stands for.
Speaker
Occasion
Audience
Purpose
Subject
Tone
Identify the rhetorical device:
Players change. Coaches change. Owners change. And yet, the results remain the same.
Parallelism