Rhetorical Strategies in LBJ

appeal to emotion

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

• memos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

appeal to logic

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

• memos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

appeal to credibility

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

• memos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

MLK uses Reinhold Niebuhr, a respected person who studies the Bible, to agree with him, since he says "groups are more immoral than individuals"

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

• memos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

MLK describes his experiences, saying, "when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six year old daughter why she can’t go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television"

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

• memos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

MLK explaining that, since the Black community has waited 340 years for equal rights, they cannot wait any longer

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

• memos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

When MLK addresses his critics as "My Dear Fellow Clergymen"

• ethos because he's showing they can trust him, since they are all ministers

• pathos because he's making them feel good about themselves

• logos because it makes sense to agree with what he's saying, since they are all ministers

• memos because he's reminding them that they are all clergymen

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

When MLK compares himself to the Apostle Paul

• ethos because he's showing they can trust him, since he is like Paul

• pathos because he wants them to feel ashamed that they hated Paul

• logos because it makes sense to agree with what he's saying, since Paul was also an equal rights activist

• memos because he's reminding them that they are all clergymen

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

When MLK compares Albert Boutwell and Bull Conner

• ethos because he's using Boutwell's good name to show he is credible

• pathos because he wants them to feel ashamed that they elected Boutwell over Conner

• logos because, if Boutwell is still a segregationist, he still won't do the right thing even if he's not as bad as Conner

• memos because he's reminding them that Boutwell and Conner are clergymen

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

used to recreate an experience or event so the reader knows exactly what it was like, esp. using imagery

• problem/solution

• compare/contrast

• description

• exemplification

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.5.5