Mastering the Rhetorical Triangle 1

True or False: Rhetoric is the ancient art of using language to persuade. If you use it well, your audience will easily understand what you're saying, and will be influenced by your message. 

• True
• False

True or False:  The Rhetorical Triangle is a useful way of formulating your thoughts and presenting your position.

• True
• False

The Greek philosopher who outlined the three concepts of rhetoric was named

• Plato
• Aristotle
• Socrates
• Quintilian

What are the three rhetorical appeals?

• essays, advertising, and treatises.
• logos, pathos, ethos.
• persuasion, communication, and the rhetorical triangle.
• logos, pathos, chronos.

Pathos is...

• an appeal to emotions.
• an appeal regarding credibility.
• an appeal to reason/logic.
• a form of meditation.

Ethos is...

• an appeal to emotions.
• an appeal to logic.
• an appeal to ether.
• an appeal regarding credibility.

Logos is...

• an appeal regarding credibility.
• an appeal to reason.
• an appeal to emotions.
• a form of meditation.

Which is an example of a metaphor?

• "Give me liberty, or give me death."
• "Time is money."
• Gail's goldfish grew giant gills.
• "the sound of silence"

Which is NOT an example of a oxymoron?

• a little big
• Standing is more tiresome than walking
• act naturally
• pretty ugly

Marcus Quintillianus felt that to achieve true rhetoric, a speaker must have which of the following attributes above all else?

• Be brave
• Be loud
• Be a good speaker
• Be ethical