Ethos, Pathos, & Logos
This rhetorical appeal appeals to logic and reasoning.
What is Logos?
The general topic of a piece can be explicit (clearly stated) or implied (hinted at). In SOAPSTone, it is known as this.
What is the Subject?
Politicians attacking other candidates rather than their political views is an example of this fallacy
What is Ad Hominem?
"The wind whistled in her ears" is an example of this rhetorical device.
What is Personification?
Drawing someone with a big head to represent their intelligence is an example of a political cartoonist using this persuasive strategy.
What is Exaggeration?
A commercial showing the logo of their company is an example of this rhetorical appeal.
What is Ethos?
This aspect of SOAPSTone works on two levels: The immediate, or time and place, and the larger, or historical and social context.
What is the Occasion?
"I use Charmin Ultrastrong and it's made my life in the bathroom so much better." -Donald Trump, is an example of this fallacy.
What is Testimonial?
A biblical reference in a piece of rhetoric would be considered to be an example of this rhetorical device.
What is an Allusion?
This device used in political cartoons comes in 3 forms: Verbal, Situational, and Dramatic.
What is irony?
"Is this the Krusty Krab?"
"No! This is Patrick!" appeals to this rhetorical appeal.
What is Ethos?
The tone of “I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning I break my legs, and every afternoon I break my arms. At night, I lie awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep.” can be best described as this.
What is defeated?
“The Krusty Krab pizza is the pizza for you and me.” is an example of this fallacy.
What is a Glittering Generality?
"It rained on his lousy tombstone. It rained on the grass on his stomach. It rained all over the place." is an example of these two rhetorical devices.
What are Anaphora and Parallelism?
Using Uncle Sam to represent America in a Political Cartoon is an example of this persuasive strategy.
“Hey Patrick, I thought of something funnier than 24… 25!” appeals to this rhetorical appeal.
What is Pathos?
"It was very late and everyone had left the cafe except an old man who sat in the shadow the leaves of the tree made against the electric light. In the day time the street was dusty, but at night the dew settled the dust and the old man liked to sit late because he was deaf and now at night it was quiet and he felt the difference." The tone of this quote from Ernest Hemingway can be described as this.
What is calm and peaceful?
This fallacy can be described as almost the reverse of the Bandwagon. It makes the item or idea seem so new and so cool that you need to purchase it or become involved in what is advertised.
What is Avante-Garde?
"There was a deafening silence in the room; no one said a word." is an example of this rhetorical device.
What is an Oxymoron?
The dramatization of certain elements in an image is known as this strategy.
What is exaggeration?
"You don’t need a license to drive a sandwich." appeals to this rhetorical appeal.
What is Logos?
"The way I look at it, someone needs to start doing something about disease. What's the big deal? People are dying. But the average person doesn't think twice about it until it affects them. Or someone they know." The tone of this sentence can be described as this.
What is casual?
The slogan "There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard." is an example of this type of fallacy.
What is Either-Or?
"Some considered Hitler's actions to be an ethnic cleansing." would be an example of this rhetorical device.
What is a Euphemism?
Often, cartoonists will incorporate two contrasting elements in their work that seemingly do not compare but have an underlying meaning when taken together. This strategy is known as this.
What is Analogy?