Rhetorical Device Quiz #1 Review

Ethos is

• encourages an emotional response from the audience to support the claim

• the author's attitude toward his/her subject

• establishes the credibility of the author

• author's choice of words

Pathos is

• encourages an emotional response from the audience to support the claim

• establishes the credibility of the author

• the author's attitude toward his/her subject

• appeals to the intellect of the reader, using facts and statistics

Logos is

• the author's attitude toward his/her subject

• author's choice of words

• appeals to the intellect of the reader, using facts and statistics

• encourages an emotional response from the audience to support the claim

Diction is

• encourages an emotional response from the audience to support the claim

• the author's attitude toward his/her subject

• establishes the credibility of the author

• author's choice of words

Tone is

• author's choice of words

• the author's attitude toward his/her subject

• appeals to the intellect of the reader, using facts and statistics

• encourages an emotional response from the audience to support the claim

"The data is perfectly clear: this investment has consistently turned a profit year-over-year, even in spite of market declines in other areas."

• Ethos

• Diction

• Tone

• Logos

"Based on the dozens of archaeological expeditions I've made all over the world, I am confident that those potsherds are Mesopotamian in origin."

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Diction

• Logos

Which tone is represented in the following passage?

Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!

• Awestruck

• Bored

• Confused

• Melancholy

"A teenager tries to convince his parents to buy him a new car, as the old one continually breaks down, by saying if they cared about their child's safety they'd upgrade him."

• Ethos

• Diction

• Pathos

• Tone

The examples underlined in the passage below are strong examples of:

These crab moments continue all season: Dylan’s clinginess, Caelynn’s idealism, Cam’s intensity, Blake’s well-intentioned brooding, and Tahzjuan’s brutal honesty all receive the crustacean punctuation.

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Logos

• Diction