Rhetoric and Syntax in Atticus' Closing Statement

The persuasive appeal used the most in Atticus’ speech is _____.

• pathos
• logos
• ethos
• morphos

The tone of his speech is passionate. Which quote does NOT support that tone?

• There is one way in the country in which all men are created equal and that is a court
• A quiet respectable negro... had the unmitigated temerity to feel sorry for a white woman
• In the name of God, believe him.
• This case is as simple as black and white

“This case is as simple as black and white.”

• rhetorical question
• oversimplification
• begging the question
• ad populum

“Gentlemen,” he was saying, “I shall be brief…”

• direct address
• overstatement
• post hoc
• ad hominem

“What was the evidence of her offense?”

• rhetorical question
• overstatement
• anticipate the objection
• ad hominem

“We all know that men are not created equal in the sense some people would have us believe.”

• sweeping generalization
• overstatement
• anticipate the objection
• begging the question

“all men are created equal… there is a tendency for certain people to use this phrase out of context… The most ridiculous example I can think of is that the people who run public education promote the stupid and idle along with the industrious.”

• sweeping generalization
• overstatement
• anticipate the objection
• ad populum

“And so a quiet, respectable, humble Negro who had the unmitigated temerity to feel sorry for a white woman has had to put his word against two white people’s”

• assertion
• overstatement
• analogy
• ad populum

“[Mayella Ewell] is the victim of cruel poverty and ignorance, but I cannot pity her: she is white.”

• assertion
• reduce to absurd
• overstatement
• post hoc

“… all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral beings, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women…”

• assertion
• sweeping generalization
• begging the question
• post hoc