The Art of Rhetoric

Identify the rhetorical appeal used: If you don't study you will fail the test.

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Identify the rhetorical appeal used: Having been forced to wear the school uniform myself, I can tell you that most students don't like the design.

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Identify the rhetorical appeal used: I haven't had a change of clothes since our house burned down last month.

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Identify the rhetorical appeal used: A study conducted in Lemmington, Michigan, showed that when cats were kept on a leash or indoors, the song bird population rose by 23%.

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Identify the rhetorical appeal used: While doing post-doctoral research on the effects of sugar, I discovered that it is something that we should eat sparingly.

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

______________ came up with the ideas of ethos, pathos and logos.

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Alexander the Great

• Shakespeare

Ethos usually uses a(n) _____________ to persuade the audience.

• animal

• image

• poll

• authoritative figure

Which of these is an ethical or moral argument?

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Debate

Pathos is a(n) _______________ argument.

• emotional

• logical

• ethical

• ridiculous

Which of these would be an argument using pathos?

• Statistics about an athlete

• Kobe Bryant promoting Call of Duty

• A political poll about the economy

• A picture of malnourished animals