Mini-Lesson: Ethos, Logos, Pathos
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English
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10th Grade
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Easy
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Colleen McWalter
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12 questions
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1.
SLIDE QUESTION
30 sec • Ungraded
2.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Identify the ethos used in the following passage: “In South Africa, racism existed as a matter of law. If you married or had sex across the color line, you went to jail. So my parents couldn’t be seen together. A mixed child like me could only exist as proof that my parents had broken the law. To be seen with my father would be evidence of a crime. To be seen with my mother would be worse. She could be arrested. So I was kept indoors most of the time.”
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Ethos (Credibility / Character)
Noah speaks from firsthand experience as a child born under apartheid, giving him natural authority on the subject.
By sharing his own family’s lived reality, he establishes himself as a credible witness to the harshness of the laws.
Noah speaks from firsthand experience as a child born under apartheid, giving him natural authority on the subject.
By sharing his own family’s lived reality, he establishes himself as a credible witness to the harshness of the laws.
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CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
3.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Identify the logos used in the following passage: “In South Africa, racism existed as a matter of law. If you married or had sex across the color line, you went to jail. So my parents couldn’t be seen together. A mixed child like me could only exist as proof that my parents had broken the law. To be seen with my father would be evidence of a crime. To be seen with my mother would be worse. She could be arrested. So I was kept indoors most of the time.”
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Logos (Logic / Reasoning)
He explains the legal framework of apartheid clearly and logically: interracial relationships were criminalized, and his existence was “proof” of a law being broken.
The cause-and-effect reasoning is straightforward: law → consequence → impact on family life (e.g., being seen with his parents = legal danger).
This logical sequence helps readers understand how systemic racism was embedded in law, not just in attitudes.
He explains the legal framework of apartheid clearly and logically: interracial relationships were criminalized, and his existence was “proof” of a law being broken.
The cause-and-effect reasoning is straightforward: law → consequence → impact on family life (e.g., being seen with his parents = legal danger).
This logical sequence helps readers understand how systemic racism was embedded in law, not just in attitudes.
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CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
4.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Identify the pathos used in the following passage: “In South Africa, racism existed as a matter of law. If you married or had sex across the color line, you went to jail. So my parents couldn’t be seen together. A mixed child like me could only exist as proof that my parents had broken the law. To be seen with my father would be evidence of a crime. To be seen with my mother would be worse. She could be arrested. So I was kept indoors most of the time.”
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Pathos (Emotion)
The imagery of being a child who had to be hidden indoors stirs feelings of sadness, empathy, and injustice.
Readers feel the fear and danger his parents faced simply for existing as a family.
The idea of a mother potentially being arrested for being with her own child is especially emotional, evoking outrage and compassion.
The imagery of being a child who had to be hidden indoors stirs feelings of sadness, empathy, and injustice.
Readers feel the fear and danger his parents faced simply for existing as a family.
The idea of a mother potentially being arrested for being with her own child is especially emotional, evoking outrage and compassion.
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CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who introduced the three persuasive appeals?
Descartes
Aristotle
Socrates
Plato
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the appeal of Logos primarily use to persuade?
Humor
Credibility
Logic and evidence
Emotions
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which appeal focuses on the speaker's credibility?
Logos
Kairos
Ethos
Pathos
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CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
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