Rhetorical Appeals
This appeal persuades the audience using logic, facts, and statistics.
What is logos?
Repeating the same word or phrase at the beginning of sentences.
What is anaphora?
When the author wants to convince the audience of something.
What is to persuade?
The specific group of people the author is writing or speaking to.
What is the audience?
A claim supported by evidence and reasoning.
What is an argument?
This appeal persuades by connecting with the audience’s emotions.
What is pathos?
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
When the author provides facts or explanations about a topic.
What is to inform?
The author’s attitude toward the subject.
What is tone?
Facts, statistics, or examples used to support a claim.
What is evidence?
This appeal builds trust by showing the speaker is credible or knowledgeable.
What is ethos?
A direct comparison without using “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
When the author tells a story or shares events.
What is to entertain or narrate?
Background information about the time, place, or situation in which a text is written.
What is context?
The main point the author is trying to prove.
What is a claim?
This appeal often includes stories or vivid language to make the audience feel something.
What is pathos?
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.
What is personification?
When the author wants the audience to take action or change their beliefs.
What is to persuade?
A contrast between expectation and reality that creates emphasis or humor.
What is irony?
Explaining how the evidence supports the claim.
What is reasoning?
Using expert testimony or credentials in an argument strengthens this appeal.
What is ethos?
Exaggeration used for emphasis or effect.
What is hyperbole?
The reason an author writes a text or speech.
What is author’s purpose?
The choice of words and phrases a writer uses in a text.
What is diction?
A weakness or flaw in an argument’s logic.
What is a fallacy?