Rhetorical Appeals

Rhetorical appeals are used when an author's purpose is to....

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Ethos is...

• Appealing to an audience by showing credibility

• Appealing to an audience through emotional response

• Appealing to an audience by citing facts, statistics, and reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Pathos is...

• Appealing to an audience by showing credibility

• Appealing to an audience through emotional response

• Appealing to an audience by citing facts, statistics, and reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The appeal to ethics and credibility is also called 

• pathos
• ethos
• logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The appeal to logic is also called

• pathos
• ethos 
• logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The appeal to emotion is also called

• pathos
• logos
• ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Examples of this method of persuasion include statistics, research, data, and facts.

• ethos
• logos
• pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A 32oz bottle of Tide can wash 32 loads of laundry.

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The professional golfer Tiger Woods endorses Nike.

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

• ethos
• pathos
• logos
• nogos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5