Ethos, logos or pathos?
Tone and diction
Speaker, Purpose and Audience
Exigence and Context
Regents Format
100

If you don't do your work in school, it's because you're lazy. You should do your work so people don't think that you're lazy. 

Pathos: trying to make you feel guilty or ashamed. 

100

I think the president is stupid

What does this word choice indicate about the speaker? 

The speaker is upset with the president. 

100

In Arianna Grande's song, "Thank u next" who is the speaker? 

Arianna Grande is the speaker.

100

Define exigence. 

The original problem that created the discourse. 

100

 How many parts are there on the NYS regents exam?

3.

200

I know about the music industry because I've been working in it for 20+ years!

Ethos

200

What is the tone of the following: 

"You have to do your homework, otherwise you're grounded." 

Commanding. Strict. 

200

There is a commerical for beer on TV. Who is the intended audience for this?

People over 21. 

200
What is the exigence of this situation: 


The school has a mandatory meeting about drug usage. 

Students were caught with drugs, or there are drugs in the community. 

200

What is the most important paragraph in the essay and the least important one?

Most imporant: Intro paragraph

Least important: Conclusion paragraph

300

A political candidate talks about how they know their community the best because they grew up there. 

Ethos: they are claiming to be credible because of where they grew up. 

300

What is the tone like in the following sentence:

"You have got to be kidding me..." 

Sarcastic; annoyed. 

300

An anti-smoking advertisement shows a picture of a smoker's lungs after 20 years. What is the purpose of this?

To persuade viewers from smoking or to get smokers to quit smoking.

300

What word is this the definition for? What is the time and place of this piece? What is happening in the world as it relates to the subject of the speech or the speaker/writer?

Context.  

300

How many texts are you supposed to read during part 2?

4 texts. 

400

Studies say that each day, about 1,600 youth try their first cigarette. Smoking leads to disease and disability and harms nearly every organ of the body.

Logos: using scientific research or data to provide evidence-based logic. 

400

What is the minimum amount of sources you need to pull evidence from? 

3.

500

A doctor writes down what symptoms you have and determines what illness you are suffering from. Which rhetorical appeal are they using to persuade the patient of their illnesses? 

Logos, because they are using logic and an understanding of medical science to determine the illness, NOT through their credibility as a doctor. 

500

What does paragraph 3 need to contain?

Counterclaim and rebuttal. 

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