Rhetoric and Appeals

Which answer choice correctly identifies SOAPSTone?

• Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject, Tone

• Speaker, Opener, Advance, Position, Speaker, Tone

• Soup, Oval, Animal, Point, Stone, Temper

• Standing, Opener, Angle, Point, Speaker, Tone

What is rhetoric?

• cited evidence

• the art of analyzing primary sources

• he art of speaking and/or writing effectively

• the restated answer

What is ethos?

• Ethos is the ethical appeal or credibility of a speaker or writer.
• Ethos is the historical context of a literary work.
• Ethos is a type of logical reasoning used in arguments.
• Ethos refers to the emotional appeal of a speaker.

What is pathos?

• Pathos is a style of painting.
• Pathos refers to the physical path of a journey.
• Pathos is an appeal to emotions

• Pathos is a type of logical reasoning.

What is logos?

• Logos is a historical figure in ancient philosophy.
• Logos refers to the use of metaphors in speech.
• Logos refers to logical reasoning or the appeal to logic in rhetoric.
• Logos is a type of emotional appeal in rhetoric.

TRUE OR FALSE

The credibility of the speaker is irrelevant when analyzing an argument's effectiveness.

• True

• False

TRUE OR FALSE

A well-rounded argument will often use a combination of ethos, pathos, and logos.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE OR FALSE

A statement may only use one rhetorical appeal at a time. For example, a statement cannot use both ethos and logos, it has to be one or the other.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE OR FALSE

Word choice, voice, spelling and grammar all contribute to an author's ethos, or credibility.

• TRUE

• FALSE