EPL
What is the difference between rhetorical appeal and rhetorical analysis?
Rhetorical appeals are the devices used to persuade while rhetorical analysis looks at how those devices were used.
Is it ethos, pathos, or logos?
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Pathos
Which technique can be used for logos?
A) using a starving and wounded dog in an advertisement.
B) using percentages to show the amount of people who die from texting and driving.
C) using a doctor as a reference for a product.
C
Which technique can be used for logos?
A) using a starving and wounded dog in an advertisement.
B) using percentages to show the amount of people who die from texting and driving.
C) using a doctor as a reference for a product.
B
Which technique can be used for pathos?
A) using a celebrity for a reference for a product
B) using logical facts to persuade
C) using a starving child to persuade the audience to take action against starvation.
C
Complete the following:
Pathos is an appeal to _______________.
emotion
Is it ethos, pathos, or logos?
I began a small business when I was twelve: mowing and caring for lawns. I’m happy to speak at the small business association today.
ethos
True or False: Ethos can sometimes use statistics if paired with someone or something credible (trustworthy).
True
True or False: Logos are used to persuade the audience by using emotions
False
True or False: Pathos uses emotional words to make the audience feel a certain way to persuade them.
True
When an author uses their experience, authority, or credibility to persuade an audience, they use ethos, pathos, or logos?
ethos.
Is it ethos, pathos, or logos?
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logos
What does ethos appeal to?
Status, authority, and trust.
What does logos appeal to?
logic
What does pathos appeal to?
Emotion
When an author uses commonsense and facts to support their opinion, are they appealing to which TWO appeals (ethos, pathos, or logos)?
logos ethos
Is it ethos, pathos, or logos?
"Research shows that trampolines are the leading cause of injury for children in the United States, making them a hazard."
logos
What is the definition of ethos?
Speaker or writer builds trust using their experience, status, or authority. Or using their beliefs and morals.
What is the definition for logos?
The speaker or writer will use facts, evidence, and rules to come to conclusions. The speaker will also include numbers, data, and research.
What is the definition of pathos?
The speaker or writer will alter or manipulate emotions to relate to audience: happiness, sadness, pity.
For ethos to be effective, the author or speaker must use their experience or credibility to build ________________.
trust
Is it ethos, pathos, or logos?
"Just one look at the poverty in a small village will make you want to donate money to have the children have a better chance at life."
pathos
What can you see or hear when a speaker or writer uses ethos?
What can you see or hear when a speaker or writer uses logos?
Statistics, facts, evidence, polls, quotes.
What can you see or hear when a speaker or writer uses pathos?
Trying to change the way the audience feels by using emotional words to appeal to the reader.