Appeals
Appeals to experience and trustworthiness
Ethos
TRIPLE POINTS!!!
Define the term "kairos"
To appeal to a sense of time or place
True or false? "The crazy cat climbed the tree carefully" is an example of repetition.
False; it's alliteration
TRIPLE POINTS!!!
"I think that you have many choices when you are looking for a nanny, but I hope you can consider how many years I have worked in childcare" is an example of...
Ethos
Appeals to values or experiences of others
Pathos
When two or more phrases have the identical structure
Parallelism
DOUBLE POINTS!!!
What is the purpose of using rhetorical appeals?
To persuade an audience by appealing to their nature as human beings
Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963 became the primary inspiration for the Civil Rights Movement. This "right time, right place" concept is an example of this device:
Kairos
TRIPLE POINTS!!!
References studies or research
Logos
The repetition of a group of words usually at the beginning of a sentence is called...
Anaphora
DOUBLE POINTS!!!
What is the purpose of using a metaphor in persuasion?
It creates deeper meaning and compares 2 things so that the audience is able to better understand the speaker's point.
"Dentists all over the country recommend the Crest 2-in-1 toothbrush" is an example of...
Ethos
Which appeal would you use to prove that the matter you are arguing is urgent?
Kairos
Define personification
Giving something non-human humanlike characteristics.
What is the purpose of using alliteration in persuasion?
It makes the speech sound poetic and it grabs the audience's attention.
"To think on death it is a misery, To think on life it is a vanity; to think on the world verily it is, to think that here man hath no perfect bliss." is an example of...
Anaphora
DOUBLE POINTS!!!
Who is referred to as the "father" of rhetoric?
Aristotle
References another work of literature, art, media, etc
Allusion
True or false? Logos cites credible sources; Pathos makes comparisons and analogies; Ethos uses vivid and descriptive language.
False: Logos makes comparisons and analogies; Pathos uses vivid and descriptive language; Ethos cites credible sources
"Don’t go thinking you’re Robin Hood just because you took an extra candy from the candy jar at the bank." What is this an example of? What does the reference mean?
Allusion: The reference is to the legend of Robin Hood. He would steal from the rich to give to the poor.