Rhetoric Vocabulary

An appeal used to convince someone of the character or credibility of the persuader

• ethos
• credible
• pathos
• evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

an appeal used to persuade someone by reason

• logos
• ethos
• reasoning
• argument

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

an appeal used to convince someone by creating an emotional response

• pathos
• persuade
• reasoning
• ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is rhetoric?

• The art of persuasion

• The art of giving speeches

• The art of writing poetry

• The art of writing books

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is pathos?

• The occasion

• The appeal to emotion

• The appeal to credibility

• The appeal to logic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is ethos?

• The occasion

• The appeal to emotion

• The appeal to credibility

• The appeal to logic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is logos?

• The occasion

• The appeal to emotion

• The appeal to credibility

• The appeal to logic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Statements that sound logical or factual, but are not 

• fallacies
• claims
• statistics 
• facts

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Using different words that have the same meaning in an argument (talking in circles)

• hasty generalization 
• glittering generalities 
• fear tactics 
• circular reasoning

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Saying one only has two choices when, in fact, there are many other possibilities 

• either/or fallacy
• hasty generalization 
• glittering generalities 
• false cause and effect 

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3