Rhetoric Practice

Rhetoric is the art of...

• using language as a means to persuade

• preventing intellectual property theft

• writing 5 paragraph essays

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

CCSS.W.9-10.1

Purpose is...

• a gap, a need, a lack, something that needs doing. The cause for an author to write.

• a reader or group of readers capable of acting on this exigence

• what the author intends for the reader(s) to do while and after they read the text.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

Logos is...

• what the writer does to establish credibility

• appeals to the emotions and interests of the readers

• appeals to logic

Tags

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

CCSS.W.9-10.1

Pathos is...

• what the writer does to establish credibility

• appeals to the emotions or interests of the readers

• appeals to logic

Ethos is...

• what the writer does to establish credibility

• appeals to the emotions or interests of the readers

• appeals to logic

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

Which appeal is most clearly used here?

• ethos
• pathos
• logos
• none

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

Citing health information is an example of __________.

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Plato

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.W.9-10.1

Which of these is an ethical or moral argument?

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Debate

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.W.9-10.1B

You should always consider if an argument is persuasive and ______________________.

• who the intended audience is

• how much money is involved

• how does it help you

• who Aristotle was

Tags

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

"They've worked against everything we've worked so hard to build, and they don't care who gets hurt in the process. Make no mistake, they're the enemy, and they won't stop until we're all destroyed."

• logos

• ethos

• pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.SL.9-10.3