SFS

As used in paragraph 2, what is the best antonym for credible?

• amazing

• dishonest

• boring

• unintelligent

2) Amy is trying to convince her mother to buy her a pair of $200 shoes. She says: “Mom, the shoes I have are really old and ugly. If I don’t get these new shoes, everyone at school is going to laugh at me. I will be so embarrassed that I will want to die.” What form of persuasion is Amy using here?

• A. pathos

• B. ethos

• C. logos

• D. a combination of ethos, pathos, and logos

According to the passage, logos can build ethos because

• A. an audience is more easily convinced by facts and information than simple appeals to emotions like pity or fear

• B. an audience is more likely to trust a speaker who uses evidence to support his argument

• C. a speaker who overuses pathos might make an audience too emotional; audiences who are too frightened or too sad are unlikely to be persuaded

• D. a speaker can use misleading or false information to make his argument seem more convincing

According to the passage, the most effective tool of persuasion is

• A. ethos, because you cannot persuade an audience that does not trust you

• B. logos, because it can also be used to build ethos

• C. a combination of ethos, pathos, and logos

• D. pathos, because human beings are most easily persuaded by emotion