What is to persuade or convince others to do something
100
"More than one hundred peer-reviewed studies have been conducted over the past decade, and none of them suggests that this is an effective treatment for hair loss."
What is logos
100
Equality between the sexes in all forms
What is feminism
200
What is one argument Andrew Rooney makes about the US? Provide the paragraph(s) where you received this information.
What is the US should not continue to dispose of trash at its current rate. A reason Rooney gives is Americans spend more to package food than the income farmers make. Evidence from paragraph 11 shows this statistic to be true.
200
Define Logos, Pathos, and Ethos
Appeal to....
What is
Appeal to logic
Appeal to emotion
Appeal to credibility
200
"Doctors all over the world recommend this type of treatment."
What is Ethos
200
the art of using words to persuade or convince a person
What is rhetoric
300
Identify 2 pieces of evidence from "Another study highlights the insanity of selling junk food in school vending machines" which proves that junk food increases obesity in students.
What is "those were not 253 calories' worth of tofu, yogurt or carrot sticks" (3); "Those who bought from vending machines ate an average of 156 grams of sugar per day" (4); "all that snacking adds up to about 14 extra pounds per child per school year" (7)
300
"Based on the dozens of archaeological expeditions I’ve made all over the world, I am confident that those potsherds are Mesopotamian in origin."
What is Ethos
300
"You don’t need to jump off a bridge to know that it’s a bad idea. Why then would you need to try drugs to know if they’re damaging? That’s plain nonsense."
What is logos
300
Rhetorical device used to emphasize an idea or to draw a conclusion, asks no reply
What is rhetorical question
400
Construct your own argument. Make sure all parts are given.
What is an argument should have a statement that can be argued, a point to prove it, and facts, statistics, or figure to back the claim up.
400
"There’s no price that can be placed on peace of mind. Our advanced security systems will protect the well-being of your family so that you can sleep soundly at night."
What is Pathos
400
Demonstrate an example of pathos in "Ain't I a Woman?" by Sojourner Truth.
What is "..and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me!"
400
Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance
What is Parallel structure
500
What CLAIM does this evidence in Hillary Clinton's speech serve to prove "Women comprise more than half the world's population, 70% of the world's poor, and two-thirds of the world's population." (9)?
What is To give voice to women everywhere whose experiences go unnoticed, whose words go unheard.
500
Construct a Logos, Pathos, and Ethos example
What is
Argument with fact, statement, etc.
Argument with emotion.
Argument with credibility.
500
Identify two examples of ethos in Hillary Clinton's speech.
What is "We share a common future, and we are here to find common ground..." (2) "Earlier today, I participated in a World Health Organization forum." (5)
500
SOAPSTone
- Include the question
What is
Subject/Speaker: What is the topic/What do the reader know about the writer?
Occasion: What are the circumstances or background information?
Audience: Who is the target audience?
Purpose: Why did the author write this text?
Subject/Speaker: What is the topic/What do the reader know about the writer?
Tone: What is the writer's attitude toward the subject?