Rhetorical Appeals II

"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
• logos
• pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

An advertisement that uses this will try to get you to see the company as reliable, honest and credible.

• crediblos
• pathos
• ethos
• logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"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

"My three decades of experience in public service, my tireless commitment to the people of this community, and my willingness to reach across the aisle and cooperate with the opposition, make me the ideal candidate for your mayor."

• ethos
• logos
• pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"They’ve worked against everything we’ve worked so hard to build, and they don’t care who gets hurt in the process. Make no mistake, they’re the enemy, and they won’t stop until we’re all destroyed."

• logos
• ethos
• pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Smoking around kids is dangerous because the defenseless children are exposed to dangerous chemicals that can lead to coughing and difficulty breathing and could even lead to deadly asthma attacks.

• ethos
• pathos
• logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following would be a technique that implements logos?

• Using pictures of a hurt child
• Including research 
• Having someone credible who agrees with you
• Making people laugh

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The appeal to credibility; the effort of the writer or speaker to connect with the audience and to establish that they can trust him or her as well as the sources that he or she cites.

• ethos

• logos

• pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A commercial for a soft drink company shows a group of young people having a fun party, laughing and playing games while holding and drinking from their bottles of the soda. This image conveys the idea that buying this product leads to love and happiness.

• ethos
• logos
• pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A public service message tries to encourage people to avoid texting while driving. For support it shows the photo of parents crying and holding each other in grief over the death of their daughter, a passenger who was killed when her careless friend drove into a pole while texting.

• ethos

• logos

• pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5