Argumentative Text Features

An argument based on facts, evidence, or reasons

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

An argument based on emotions and getting the reader to feel something

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

An argument based on trust and credibility

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

This ad is an example of which rhetorical appeal? 

• Ethos
• Logos
• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

This ad is an example of which rhetorical appeal? 

• Ethos
• Pathos
• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

This ad is an example of which rhetorical appeal?

• Pathos
• Ethos
• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Read this excerpt from "The First Americans" and decide which appeal is being used:

"White men called Indians savages. What is civilization? It marks are a noble religion and philosophy, original arts, stirring music, rich history, and legend. We had these. Then we were not savages, but a civilized race" (Paragraph 5).

• ethos

• logos

• pathos

Read this excerpt from "The First Americans" and decide which appeal is being used:

"You tell all white men "America First." We believe in that. We are the only ones truly, that are 100 percent" (Paragraph 1).

• ethos

• logos

• pathos

Read this excerpt from "The First Americans" and decide which appeal is being used:

"The Indian has long been hurt by these unfair books. We ask only that our story be told in fairness" (Paragraph 10).

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

An author's purpose is...

• the reason an author teaches

• author's sense of humor

• author's way of life

• the reason an author writes