Rhetorical Appeals

When someone uses facts and statistics to support their argument they are using:

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

What is Pathos?

• An appeal to your audience's emotions.

• An appeal to your audience's logic.

• An appeal to trustworthiness and credibility.

What is ethos?

• An appeal to the audience's emotions.

• Appealing to your audience's logic.

• An appeal to trustworthiness and credibility.

This rhetorical appeal uses famous people to convince their audience:

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Logos

Which rhetorical appeal is being used here?

“If you don’t purchase this life insurance, and something happens to you, how will your family survive? Think of all of the damage and loss it can cause them."

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Logos

Logos is an appeal to ____________

• Emotion

• Logic

• Credibility

• Trustworthiness

Which appeal is being used in this ad?

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

Which piece of evidence is most CREDIBLE to this supporting reason?

We need to recycle bottles and plastics because it's polluting our Earth.

• "My friend went to a dump site and saw tons of plastic."

• Joe Stephens, a scientist at USC, reported that by 2050, we will run out of space for plastic waste.

• "I saw on the news that pollution is getting bad in certain states."

Which appeal is being used in this ad?

• Logos

• Ethos

• Pathos

How well do you understand ethos, pathos, and logos?

• I get confused between the three a lot.

• They confuse me sometimes.

• I know the difference between all three.