Ethos, Pathos, Logos
Literary Devices
Personal Narratives
Citiations and References
100

What is pathos?

The emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions.

100

True or False: A hyperpole is figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is.

False: Hyperbole was a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.

100
Describe what a personal narrative is?

A story someone tells about their own life.

  • Still has a beginning, middle, and end. Personal Narratives have a plot, characters, setting, and theme.
100

True or false: You can get expelled for plagerizing.

True

200

What is the definiton of ethos?

Means to convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character.

200

True or False: Alliteration is a literary device where two or more words in a phrase or line of poetry share the same beginning consonant sound. The words may be adjacent or separated by one or more words. One of the primary purposes of alliteration is to emphasize something important that the writer or speaker would like to highlight.

True

200

Do you need dialogue in your personal narrative?

Yes

200

What is plagerism?

When you take someone elses work and play it off as your own.

300

Is this ethos, pathos, or logos:

"You will never be satisfied in life if you don't seize this opportunity. Do you want to live the rest of your years yearning to know what would have happened if you just jumped when you had the chance?"

Pathos 

300

Is this a metaphor, allusion, or simile?

"He was Romeo and I was Scarlet Letter and my daddy said stay away from Juliet."

Allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers.

300
What is the conflict of the story?
  • Conflict: The problem in the story.
300

What is a citation?

  • A citation is a way of giving credit to individuals for their creative and intellectual works that you utilized to support your research. Typically includes the author's name, date, and location of the publishing company, journal title, or DOI (Digital Object Identifer).
400

Ethos, Pathos, Logos

"It's a matter of common sense that people deserve to be treated equally. The Constitution calls it 'self-evident.' Why, then, should I have been denied a seat because of my disability?"

Logos

400

Is this a simile or a metaphor?

"He is as funny as a monkey."

Simile. 

A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things. Unlike a metaphor, a simile draws resemblance with the help of the words “like” or “as.” Therefore, it is a direct comparison.

400

What is the climax of a story?

Turing point of a story

400

What has to be in a website citation?

Author, Date published, article title, and URL 

500

Is this ethos, pathos, or logos?

"My three decades of experience in public service, my tireless commitment to the people of this community, and my willingness to reach across the aisle and cooperate with the opposition, make me the ideal candidate for your mayor."


Ethos

500
Give an example of an oxymoron.

Oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect. The common oxymoron phrase is a combination of an adjective followed by a noun with contrasting meanings, such as “cruel kindness,” or “living death”.


  1. Open secret
  2. Tragic comedy
  3. Seriously funny
  4. Awfully pretty
  5. Foolish wisdom
  6. Original copies
500

A narrative must include a ________, conflict, climax, and resolution. 

Exposition 

500

What is wrong with this citation?

Satalkar, B. (2010, July 15). Water aerobics. Retrieved from http://www.buzzle.com

Satalkar, B. (2010, July 15). Water aerobics. Retrieved from http://www.buzzle.com