Rhetorical Analysis Practice

Rhetoric:

Rhetoric is: The ability to use language in a highly effective way

Rhetoric is especially helpful when writers or speakers want to persuade.

Multiple Choice

Rhetoric is:

• The way we speak, act, and feel

• Common language

• The ability to use language in a highly effective way

• The way words are pronounced in a speech

Multiple Choice

Rhetoric is especially helpful when a writer or speaker wants to ________.

• persuade

• inform

• be an opp

• add to the conversation

Multiple Choice

Ethos is:

• Emotion

• Logic

• Character/Credibility

• Not part of this unit

Multiple Choice

Pathos is:

• Emotion

• Logic

• Character/Credibility

• Not part of this unit

Multiple Choice

Logos is:

• Emotion

• Logic

• Character/Credibility

• Not part of this unit

Practice what you have learned...

Multiple Choice

"Mr. Anderson is clearly the most qualified candidate for the open teaching position.  He has a doctorate in elementary education, 25 years of teaching experience in public schools, and has been twice awarded for his innovative style and classroom management skills."

• ethos

• logos

• pathos

• all of these

Multiple Choice

“If you don’t purchase this life insurance, and something happens to you, how will your family survive? Think of all of the damage and loss it can cause them."

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

• none of these

Multiple Choice

"More than one hundred thousand peer-reviewed studies have been conducted over the past decade, and none of them suggests that this is an effective treatment for weight loss."

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

• all of these