Rhetoric Review

"They've worked against everything we've worked so hard to build, and they don't care who gets hurt in the process. Make no mistake, they're the enemy, and they won't stop until we're all destroyed."

• logos

• ethos

• pathos

"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury: we have not only the fingerprints, the lack of an alibi, a clear motive, and an expressed desire to commit the robbery… We also have video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more open and shut."

• logos

• ethos

• pathos

"You know me - I've taught Sunday School at your church for years, babysat your children, and served as a playground director for many summers - so you know I can run your preschool."

• logos

• ethos

• pathos

"You'll make the right decision because you have something that not many people do: you have heart."

• logos

• pathos

• ethos

This form of rhetoric uses logic

• logos

• ethos

• pathos

This form of rhetoric uses an expert or a celebrity

• logos

• pathos

• ethos

This form of rhetoric uses an emotional appeal.

• logos

• ethos

• pathos

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing is called

• persuasion

• arguing

• rhetoric

• complaining

An assertion open to challenge; What the author/speaker is trying to convince their audience is true

• pathos

• logos

• rhetoric

• claim

A coherent series of reasons, statements, or facts intended to support or establish a point of view is called

• democracy

• an argument

• an essay

• a story