Emotional Appeals

Which of these statements by President Ronald Reagan is an appeal to sympathy?

• We don’t keep secrets and cover things up.

• We do it all up front and in public.

• And we know of your anguish. We share it.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

Which of these statements by President John F. Kennedy appeals to shared values?

• The world is very different now.

• … Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

• … Man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish … human life.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of these statements by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is meant to provoke anger?

• … The U.S. was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces. …

• … The U.S. was at peace with Japan and … was still in conversation. …

• … The Japanese ambassador to the U.S. … delivered to us a formal reply.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following statements by President Richard M. Nixon is the strongest appeal to sympathize with the speaker?

• … I have shared in the turbulent history of this evening.

• Sometimes I have succeeded. And sometimes I have failed.

• I have tried … to meet those responsibilities that were entrusted to me.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

Which of these statements by President Reagan, following the explosion of a space shuttle, is an appeal to shared values?

• The crew of the Challenger honored us by the ways they lived their lives.

• I’ve always had great respect … for the space program.

• And what happened today does nothing to diminish it.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

Which of the following is an appeal to shared values?

• Show that you have pride in our town, and stop littering!

• Litter feeds pests and adds to local health problems.

• It costs the town extra money to pay for extra cleanup.

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

Which of the following is an appeal to sympathy?

• Many economists have stated that the mayor’s plan to close two of our animal shelters will not do much to help the town’s budget.

• Three other nearby towns closed animal shelters to save money, but then they had problems of overcrowding in the remaining shelters.

• Teenagers who volunteer at the shelters are heartbroken to see the animals suffering.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

Which of the following is the strongest appeal to anger?

• Yesterday, I saw three more stray dogs on our city streets.

• Only someone who hates puppies and kittens would support this plan!

• We need to have compassion for animals as well as for human beings.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

Indicate whether the statement below appeals to sympathy, shared values, or negative emotions.

“ … this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.” (President Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address)

• Sympathy

• Shared Values

• Negative Emotions

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

Indicate whether the statement below appeals to sympathy, shared values, or negative emotions.

“Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again?”(Rosa Parks, civil rights activist)

• Sympathy

• Shared Values

• Negative Emotions

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8