Rhetorical & Literary Devices

What is logos?

• trying to make the audience emotional

• the reason why the audience should trust the speaker

• making a logical, fact-based argument

• a question that doesn't require an answer

What is ethos?

• trying to make the audience emotional

• the reason why the audience should trust the speaker

• making a logical, fact-based argument

• using repetition to create a rhythm to your speech

What is pathos?

• trying to make the audience emotional

• the reason why the audience should trust the speaker

• making a logical, fact-based argument

• Using opposites to create contrast

Ethos, logos, and pathos are all rhetorical devices. What does that mean?

• They're all ways to persuade/ convince someone.

• They're all emotional.

• You have to phrase them all as questions.

• You can only use them if you're giving a speech out loud.

The Coca-Cola commercial showed the big brother picking on his little brother, but then saving him from bullies at the end. What rhetorical device is Coke using to persuade you to buy their soda?

• ethos

• logos

• pathos

Which rhetorical device is the following: "You all did see that on the feast of Lupercal, I offered Caesar the crown three times, but each time he refused it."

• ethos

• logos

• pathos

• rhetorical question

If a speaker begins by talking about the fancy universities they've attended and degrees they've earned, what rhetorical device are they opening with?

• ethos

• logos

• pathos

What rhetorical device is the following argument: Think of the children!!

• ethos

• logos

• pathos

What rhetorical device is the following: I hate your big, dumb combat boots and the way you read my mind, I hate you so much it makes me sick, it even makes me rhyme.

• ethos

• logos

• pathos

In "Remember the Titans," the coach taught them about the Battle of Gettysburg and told them that 50,000 people died in that battle over the issue of slavery. Those facts are what rhetorical device?

• ethos

• logos

• pathos