Thank You For Arguing Quiz

Which of the following is not a strategy for using ethos?

• Dubitatio

• Reluctant Conclusion

• Personal Experience

• Authenticity

• Personal Sacrifice

Why is ethos so important? Check all that apply.

• It builds good character and good will for the audience.

• It shows the speaker is untrustworthy.

• It shows that the speaker is confident in their ability.

• It shows that the speaker is more than just a manipulator of emotion and presenter of facts, but someone with their best interest at heart.

Pathos is the use of emotion in an argument.

• True

• False

The three appeals (logos, pathos, and ethos) were created by who?

• Cicero

• Mr. Rawlins

• Abraham Lincoln

• Aristotle

Ethos counts more than any other aspect of rhetoric because it puts your audience in the ideal state of persuadability.

• True

• False