Mastering Persuasive Techniques

What is ethos primarily concerned with?

• Emotional appeal

• Ethical appeal

• Logical appeal

• Questioning techniques

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.SL.8.3

Which persuasive technique appeals to the audience’s logic and reason?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Kairos

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.SL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.1B

Pathos aims to appeal to the audience's:

• Ethics

• Emotions

• Logic

• Sense of timing

A rhetorical question is used to:

• Provide information

• Require a direct answer

• Provoke thought without needing an answer

• Present data and statistics

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.6

Which technique did Martin Luther King Jr. use in his "I Have a Dream" speech to connect emotionally with his audience?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Kairos

Isn't it time we do something about this issue? (Identify the technique)

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Rhetorical question

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

As a doctor with over 30 years of experience, I assure you this treatment is effective. (Identify the technique)

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Rhetorical question

Studies show that students who read daily perform better academically. (Identify the technique)

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Rhetorical question

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

Ethos is an appeal to credibility and character.

• True

• False

Logos relies solely on the speaker’s reputation to persuade the audience.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.SL.8.3