Rhetorical Appeals Reasoning Claims Evidence

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The art of persuasion.

Usually requires a balance of three.

When an expert, celebrity, or trust is established through some form of professionalism.

This product has been FDA approved.

Amina, an alumni from FAMU, highly suggests visiting their campus for a tour!

Using emotion to be persuasive.

Adolescents who use social media are more likely to be aggressive teenagers.

The National Endowment for the Arts found that in 1982, 56.9% of adults reported having read.

Facts, evidence, statistics used to support a claim

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Rhetoric/Rhetorical Appeals

Ethos

Pathos

Logos

Track the development of an argument identifying the types of reasoning used

ELA.6.R.2.4

Identify rhetorical appeals in a text.

ELA.6.R.3.4:  

Standards

Multiple Select

Objectives! HINT--SELECT ALL!

• Students will explain the meaning of rhetoric.

• Students will identify the three different types of rhetorical appeals.

• Students will analyze title, topics, and tone, to determine main claim/reasoning/evidence.

• Students will identify and annotate various forms of evidence and reasoning.

Essential Question:

In what ways can analyzing text features, title, topics, and tone help readers to better track, understand, and evaluate the author's claim(s)?

Match

Match the following kinds of context clues with their corresponding examples:

• Definition Context Clue

• Synonym Context Clue

• Antonym Context Clue

• Example Context Clue

• Inference Context Clue

The arbitrator, the neutral person chosen to settle the dispute, arrived at her decision

The minuscule, tiny puppy had a difficult time walking up the large stairs

Unlike John's immaculate room, Jeff's room was very messy.

In science we are studying marine mammals such as whales, porpoises, and dolphins.

The haberdashery was Lou's favorite place to shop because he loved nice suits.

• The arbitrator, the neutral person chosen to settle the dispute, arrived at her decision

• The minuscule, tiny puppy had a difficult time walking up the large stairs

• Unlike John's immaculate room, Jeff's room was very messy.

• In science we are studying marine mammals such as whales, porpoises, and dolphins.

• The haberdashery was Lou's favorite place to shop because he loved nice suits.

Multiple Choice

A group of lines arranged together in a poem.

• line

• stanza

• poetry

• repetition

Fill in the Blank

How many adjectives are in the following passage? Type the NUMBER

Over this ran aluminum roaches and iron crickets, and in the hot, still air butterflies of delicate red tissue wavered among the sharp aroma!

After reviewing definitions, provide examples of the following terms: claims, reasoning, and evidence on your handout.

You may work in pairs and are being timed.

Let's brainstorm and write down examples.

Multiple Choice

What is a claim?

• Your point of view on an issue that you will support with evidence.

• When two people argue about an issue.

• Persuading people to be on your side by using emotions

• Making a valid point so the other person looks wrong

Multiple Choice

Remember not to start your claim with ___________or _________________.

• Correct grammar

• I believe or I think

• A capital letter or correct word usage

Multiple Choice

Choose the right way this claim is written:

• We should wear what we want to school

• I think we should be able to wear what we want to school

• Yes, we should wear what we want because we bought it.

• Students should be able to wear what they want to school.

Multiple Choice

A claim cannot stand alone, a claim needs to have ______________.

• choices

• a thesis statement

• reasons

• a period

Open Ended

Give your claim with two reasons for this issue:

Should students have to wear masks all day in school?

(You must write your claim correctly with 2 reasons using three or more complete sentences.

Multiple Choice

This type of reasoning begins with a general rule or fact and then creates specific conclusions based on the general fact. The specific ideas will be correct as long as the general idea is true.

• Abductive

• Deductive

• Inductive

Multiple Choice

All actors in the Harry Potter movies are from the United Kingdom. Emma Watson plays Hermione in the Harry Potter series. Emma Watson is from the UK.

• Abductive

• Inductive

• Deductive

Multiple Choice

All birds lay eggs. Penguins lay eggs. Emus lay eggs. Penguins and emus are birds.

• Deductive

• Inductive

• Abductive

Multiple Choice

All bears are mammals, all mammals have kidneys; therefore all bears have kidneys. 

• Deductive
• Inductive

Multiple Choice

All chickens that we have seen have been brown; so, all chickens are brown. 

• Deductive
• Inductive

Multiple Choice

__________________________ uses specific observations and patterns of behavior to make generalizations.

• Deductive reasoning

• Inductive reasoning

Multiple Choice

__________________________ uses facts to draw conclusions.

• Deductive Reasoning

• Inductive Reasoning

Multiple Choice

What reasoning makes predictions based on patterns and observations?

• Inductive

• Deductive

Multiple Choice

Determine the type of reasoning:

Gas prices have gone down for the past few days. The price of gas will go down tomorrow.

• Inductive

• Deductive

• Neither

Multiple Choice

• Deductive

• Inductive

• Abductive

Multiple Choice

This type of reasoning seeks to find an explanation. It is about thinking of a possible cause to an effect. It may or may not be correct.

• Abductive

• Deductive

• Inductive

Multiple Choice

This type of reasoning begins with a general rule or fact and then creates specific conclusions based on the general fact. The specific ideas will be correct as long as the general idea is true.

• Abductive

• Deductive

• Inductive

Multiple Choice

This type of reasoning starts with specific, small facts or examples that lead to larger, general conclusions. The bigger, general conclusion may or may not be true.

• Abductive

• Deductive

• Inductive

Labelling

Label the various forms of rhetorical appeals on the image provided.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Logos

Pathos

Ethos

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