The Appeals

How would you define the term LOGOS when discussing rhetorical appeals?

• invokes an emotional response

• establishes author’s credibility

  or character

• uses logical reasoning and facts

How would you define the term ETHOS when discussing rhetorical appeals?

• invokes an emotional response

• establishes author’s trustworthiness or expert status

• uses logical reasoning and facts

How would you define the term PATHOS when discussing rhetorical appeals?

• relies on an emotional response

• establishes author’s trustworthiness or expertise

• uses logical reasoning and facts

Facts, research, surveys, statistics, charts or diagrams, definitions, and examples would support which rhetorical appeal?

• Logos

• Ethos

• Pathos

Trustworthiness, including author’s background and qualifications, authority, and reputation all support which rhetorical appeal?

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

"By donating only fifty cents a day, you can help give a child clean drinking water." ...Which type of appeal is being used here?

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

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. Which type of appeal is being used here?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

You know her - she's taught Sunday School at your church for years, babysat your children, and served as a playground director for many summers. ... Which type of appeal is being used here?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Which appeal relates to the audience's sense of right and wrong?

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

• rhetoric

“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