Rhetorical Appeals, Tone, and Mood

What device persuades readers by establishing credibility or trustworthiness?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What device persuades readers by appealing to their emotions?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What device persuades readers by providing strong facts and evidence?

• Ethos

• Repetition

• Logos

• Illustrative example/ Anecdote

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The author's attitude toward the subject is the...

• Tone

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The way the reader/audience feels while engaging with a text is the...

• Tone

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In the excerpt below, the speaker wanted to persuade the audience that kids are given too much homework. What rhetorical appeal is used in the paragraph below?

According to the article “Stanford Research Shows Pitfalls of Homework,” published on the Stanford News website, a researcher created a survey and sent it to 10 schools. Many students said that they experienced sleep deprivation, headaches and other health problems. Less than 1 percent of the students said that homework was not a stressor.

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In this piece, the author was arguing that parents need to be more responsible for their children in restaurants, and it is an example of pathos. Why?

On a weekend excursion to Baltimore in July, I chanced upon an unusual scene in a hotel restaurant. After a toddler and his parents had finished eating and left their table, a two-person cleanup crew immediately appeared, attempting to reverse the devastation that the child had wrought on and beneath the table. Apparently the toddler had shredded every last piece of bread on the table and tossed it to the floor, along with various other breakfast items. Yet nothing in the parents’ expressions or words would have led one to conclude that they were aware of the mess their child had created.

• The author appeals to readers' emotions by making them feel frustrated by the mess left behind

• The author uses facts to persuade us that watching your children is important

• The author makes it clear that they are an expert in the field and therefore we need to listen to them.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In the same excerpt, what is the author's tone?

On a weekend excursion to Baltimore in July, I chanced upon an unusual scene in a hotel restaurant. After a toddler and his parents had finished eating and left their table, a two-person cleanup crew immediately appeared, attempting to reverse the devastation that the child had wrought on and beneath the table. Apparently the toddler had shredded every last piece of bread on the table and tossed it to the floor, along with various other breakfast items. Yet nothing in the parents’ expressions or words would have led one to conclude that they were aware of the mess their child had created.

• Appalled

• Sad

• Curious

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In the same excerpt, what is the mood created??

On a weekend excursion to Baltimore in July, I chanced upon an unusual scene in a hotel restaurant. After a toddler and his parents had finished eating and left their table, a two-person cleanup crew immediately appeared, attempting to reverse the devastation that the child had wrought on and beneath the table. Apparently the toddler had shredded every last piece of bread on the table and tossed it to the floor, along with various other breakfast items. Yet nothing in the parents’ expressions or words would have led one to conclude that they were aware of the mess their child had created.

• Confused

• Annoyed

• Humorous

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In this article, the author is writing about how people swear too often. What device do they use in bold:

As a student and a teacher of language, I appreciate curses and other vulgarities: they can add color and emphasis to our vernacular. But like all stylistic flourishes, the audience has to be taken into consideration.

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5