What is Rhetoric and Address to Congress on Women's Suffrage

Which of the following is a definition of logos?

• an appeal to logic based on emotion

• an appeal to reason based on facts

• an appeal to logic based on morality

• an appeal to reason based on ethics

What is the commercial image an example of?

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

What is the commercial image an example of?

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

What is the commercial image an example of?

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

(a) Which of the following is an example of the use of ethos?

• flattering or praising the target audience

• stoking the audience's compassion

• demonstrating knowledge of the subject

• explaining difficult facts and statistics

(b) Part B Which quotation from Catt's speech to Congress is an example of ethos as defined in Part A?

• "The maxims of the Declaration were once called 'fundamental principles of government."

• "Woman suffrage. will eventually be ordained in all the nation. No one will deny it."

• "[Can] a single man ... justify such inequality of treatment, such outrageous discrimination?"

• "As a party measure why not put the amendment through Congress and the legislatures?"

Which two are examples of literary techniques that may be used as rhetorical devices?

• Metaphor

• invention

• repetition

• delivery

• memorization

Which of the following contains a strong signal verb?

• He says that we need more research.

• She discusses the need for more research.

• He notes that we need more research.

• She urges us to gather more research.

Think about “Address to Congress on Women’s Suffrage” by Carrie Chapman Catt to answer the question.

Read the excerpt, then answer the question.

Gentlemen, we hereby petition you, our only designated representatives, to redress our grievances by the immediate passage of the Federal Suffrage Amendment and to use your influence to secure its ratification in our own state, in order that women of our nation may be endowed with political freedom before the next presidential election.

_{“Address to Congress on Women’s Suffrage” by Carrie Chapman Catt}

Using context clues, match each vocabulary word in the excerpt to its definition.

petition

• assigned

• to address and set right

• to request in writing

• provided with

• formal approval

Think about “Address to Congress on Women’s Suffrage” by Carrie Chapman Catt to answer the question.

Read the excerpt, then answer the question.

Gentlemen, we hereby petition you, our only designated representatives, to redress our grievances by the immediate passage of the Federal Suffrage Amendment and to use your influence to secure its ratification in our own state, in order that women of our nation may be endowed with political freedom before the next presidential election.

_{“Address to Congress on Women’s Suffrage” by Carrie Chapman Catt}

Using context clues, match each vocabulary word in the excerpt to its definition.

designated

• assigned

• to address and set right

• to request in writing

• provided with

• formal approval