Rhetoric and Argument

What is an argumentative text?

• A text that tells a story

• A text that describes a place

• A text that develops and defends a position using logic and persuasion

• A text that lists facts

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TEKS.ELA.9-12.II.A.5

TEKS.ELA.9-12.II.A.9

TEKS.ELA.9-12.II.A.4

TEKS.ELA.9-12.II.A.3

TEKS.ELA.9-12.II.A.1

What is a counterargument?

• A supporting argument

• A viewpoint that opposes an author’s thesis or claim

• A summary of the main argument

• An unrelated argument

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TEKS.ELA.9-12.II.A.11

TEKS.ELA.9-12.II.A.9

According to Aristotle, what are the three fundamental appeals to convince a person?

• Reason, emotion, and logic

• Reason, ethics, and emotion

• Logic, emotion, and humor

• Ethics, logic, and humor

This term refers to an argument that appeals to one's emotions

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

The art of using language effectively and persuasively

• end rhyme

• rhetoric

• allusion

• poetry

This term refers to an argument that appeals to logic or reason.

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Logos

This term refers to an argument that appeals to logic

• Logos

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Rhetorical Fallacy

Argument based on the logical reasoning.

• Anaphora

• Antithesis

• Ethos

• Logos

This term refers to an argument that appeals to logic or reason.

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Logos

What is rhetoric?

• A type of question

• Dinosaur breed from the Crustacean period

• Effective speech or writing

• Appealing to reason