VOCABULARY: Modest Proposal & Gulliver's Travels

Rhetorical device that relies mainly on stats, numbers, charts, or other evidence                                

• ethos
• logos
• pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Rhetorical device that evokes strong emotion

• ethos
• logos
• pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

An argument based on credibility, reputation, authority

• ethos
• logos
• pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

To add credibility, in "A Modest Proposal" the acquaintance of the narrator, who assures him that a child is a “delicious food,” is from where?

• England

• America

• Spain

• Barbados

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

"As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results."

• ethos
• logos
• pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which appeal is most clearly used here?

• ethos
• pathos
• logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which appeal is most clearly used here?

• Ethos 
• Pathos
• Logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What's the main rhetorical appeal in this selection? “There is likewise another great advantage in my scheme, that it will prevent [women from] sacrificing the poor innocent babes.” (lines 37–40)

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

What's the main rhetorical appeal in this selection? “I profess in the sincerity of my heart that I have not the least personal interest...having no other motive than the public good of my country I have no children, by which I can propose to get a single penny and my wife past childbearing.” (closing)

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos