TYPES OF RHETORICAL APPEAL
This appeal uses emotions like fear, hope, or sympathy to convince the audience.
What is Pathos?
In Malala’s speech: “One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world.”
Which word means “to change or improve something”?
What is change?
Malala Yousafzai spoke at the UN to convince people to support education for girls.
What is her purpose?
What is to persuade?
"I am here to speak up for the right of education of every child. I want education for the sons and the daughters of all the extremists, especially the Taliban."
Who is Malala?
“I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!”
This figure of speech gives human qualities or actions to an object, idea, or thing.
What is personification?
A speaker says, “Studies show that students who read 20 minutes a day score higher on tests.” This appeal is being used
What is Logos?
In a speech from activist Greta Thunberg, she states: “You are stealing their future in front of their very eyes.”
What does stealing mean in this context?
What is taking away something unfairly?
Steve Jobs told graduates: “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”
What is his purpose?
What is to inform?
"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”
This figure of speech is an exaggeration to make a point.
What is hyperbole?
This rhetorical appeal tries to persuade the audience by making the speaker seem trustworthy, knowledgeable, or ethical.
What is Ethos?
In Malala’s UN speech: “Let us wage a global struggle against illiteracy, poverty, and terrorism.”
What does illiteracy mean?
What is the inability to read and write?
Greta Thunberg says, “You say you love your children above all else, and yet you are stealing their future in front of their very eyes.”
Her purpose is to get the audience to care and act on climate change.
Which type of purpose is this?
What is to persuade?
"If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back , and get it right side up again!"
Who is Sojourner Truth?
“Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get.”
What is simile?
In her UN speech, Malala says, “One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world.” This appeal is strongest here because it inspires the audience to care and act.
What is Pathos?
In Sojourner Truth’s speech: “I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!”
What does ploughed mean?
What is to prepare or turn over soil for planting crops?
Sojourner Truth said: “I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!”
Her purpose is to show she is strong and capable despite being a woman and former slave.
What is her purpose?
What is to persuade?
"We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their adulthood and robbed of their dignityby signs stating “For Whites Only.”
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
“Imagine a child going to bed hungry every night.”
This figure of speech appeals to the audience’s senses or emotions to create a vivid mental picture.
What is imagery?
A speaker says, “As a teacher for over 20 years, I know what students need to succeed.” Name the appeal and explain why it works.
What is Ethos, because the speaker uses their experience to show credibility and gain trust.
In Malala’s speech: “The extremists were, and they are, afraid of books and pens.”
What does extremists mean?
What is people with very extreme and often violent beliefs?
Steve Jobs said “I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit.”
What is to entertain?
"We’ve grown used to the idea of space, and perhaps we forget that we’ve only just begun. We’re still pioneers. They, the member of the Challenger crew, were pioneers."
Who is Ronald Reagan?
“Time is a thief that steals our moments before we realize it.”
What is a metaphor?