Rhetoric Review: Logos, Ethos, and Pathos

What is the purpose of rhetoric?

• to explain a topic

• to persuade and create change

• to entertain an audience

Deliberative rhetoric has been called, "the language of____________ and ____________."

• politicians and activists

• doctors and scientists

• teachers and parents

• children and young adults

Ethos, logos, and pathos are called:

• argument tools

• modes of persuasion

• research resources

This mode of persuasion focuses on the credibility or trustworthiness of the speaker.

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

Deliberative rhetoric focuses on the

• future

• past

• present

• does not distinguish between future, past, or present

Logos establishes the __________ of an argument.

• credibility

• facts

• overall emotions

Pathos relies on _______________ to make an argument.

• emotional appeals

• logical reasoning

• charts and graphs

• the speaker's reputation

True or False: you do not need to include all three modes of persuasion in order to have a balanced argument.

• True

• False

What is a logical fallacy?

• The purpose rhetoric

• A mode of persuasion

• Research to back up an argument

• A flaw in logical reasoning

"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury: we have not only the fingerprints, the lack of an alibi, a clear motive, and an expressed desire to commit the robbery… We also have video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more open and shut."

What type of rhetoric is being used?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5