Ethos, Pathos, Logos article

Read the following paragraph from the introduction [paragraphs 1-4].

Here's a surprise: when you engage in these "arguments" with your parents and friends, you are instinctively using ancient strategies for persuasion that were identified by the Greek philosopher Aristotle a few thousand years ago!

WHY does the author include this paragraph in the article?

• (A) to provide background information showing that these strategies have been effective for a long time

• (B) to compare the instincts of teens today with the instincts of ancient Greek philosophers like Aristotle

• (C) to suggest that the need to use persuasion in arguments is a surprise to most people

• (D) to highlight the ways that many problems long ago were solved by using persuasion

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Read the selections from the sections "What is Logos?" and "What Is Ethos?"

An everyday example of an appeal to logos is the argument that Lady Gaga was more popular than Justin Bieber in 2011 because Gaga's fan pages collected 10 million more Facebook fans than Bieber's. Facebook fan pages can be started by anyone. Lady Gaga may have 50 different fan pages, and each page may contain duplicate "fans."

The two sentences develop the relationship between persuasive strategies by ____.

• (A) presenting an effect of using logos and what causes it to work

• (B) presenting an appeal to logos and a flaw in the argument's ethos

• (C) providing an example of ethos and the way pathos supports it

• (D) providing an argument for ethos and another one against it

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Which answer choice BEST explains why the author wrote this article?

• (A) to point out that students should learn persuasive techniques if they hope to win arguments with parents and friends

• (B) to convince the reader that logos is really the only type of persuasion necessary to win an argument

• (C) to summarize the three types of persuasion and analyze how they were first identified and developed by Aristotle long ago

• (D) to describe the effectiveness of each type of persuasion and show how they work together to make a solid argument

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Read the following sentence from the section "What Is Pathos?"

A long paper that is purely based on emotions is not considered very professional! Which answer choice explains HOW this sentence uses rhetoric to contribute to the author's overall argument?

• (A) It uses the author's ethos as an expert in persuasion to explain a flaw in pathos.

• (B) It uses the author's logos to outline the reasons why pathos must be avoided.

• (C) It uses ethos to support a logical argument for the importance of research papers.

• (D) It uses logos to frighten the reader into learning more about persuasive strategies

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