Rhetoric and Propaganda

"As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results."

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"The data is perfectly clear: this investment has consistently turned a profit year-over-year, even in spite of market declines in other areas."

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"History has shown time and again that absolute power corrupts absolutely."

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"After years of this type of disrespect from your boss, countless hours wasted, birthdays missed… it's time that you took a stand."

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"If my years as a Marine taught me anything, it's that caution is the best policy in this sort of situation."

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"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."

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Rhetoric is the art of...

• using language as a means to persuade

• preventing intellectual property theft

• writing 5 paragraph essays

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Logos is...

• what the writer does to establish credibility

• appeals to the emotions and interests of the readers

• appeals to logic

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Pathos is...

• what the writer does to establish credibility

• appeals to the emotions or interests of the readers

• appeals to logic

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Ethos is...

• what the writer does to establish credibility

• appeals to the emotions or interests of the readers

• appeals to logic

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5