WorksheetsRhetorical Devices
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which rhetorical device refers to logic?
a)
Pathos
b)
Logos
c)
Ethos
2.
Which rhetorical device refers to ethics and the image of a person?
a)
Logos
b)
Pathos
c)
Ethos
3.
Which rhetorical device refers to emotions or passion?
a)
Ethos
b)
Logos
c)
Pathos
4.
What is the art of persuasion?
a)
ethos
b)
logos
c)
pathos
d)
rhetoric
5.
What is one goal of persuasion?
a)
To change other's point of view
b)
To make sure people do not change
6.
What is another goal of persuasion?
a)
To move others not to take action
b)
To move other to take action
7.
Logos is an argument based on
a)
opinions
b)
facts
8.
Logos is an argument based on
a)
guessing.
b)
evidence.
9.
Logos is based on
a)
reason
b)
emotions
10.
Using logos means appealing to a reader's sense of what
a)
is not logical.
b)
is logical.
11.
Ethos is an argument based on
a)
facts.
b)
character.
12.
In ethos, the writer or speaker presents himself or herself as
a)
trustworthy.
b)
untrustworthy.
13.
In ethos, the writer or speaker presents himself to the audience as
a)
honest
b)
dishonest
14.
In ethos, the writer or speaker presents himself or herself to the audience as
a)
ethical.
b)
unethical.
15.
Pathos is an argument based on
a)
fact.
b)
character.
c)
emotions and feelings.
16.
When you base your argument on emotions, you are using
a)
Ethos
b)
Pathos
c)
Logos
17.
Which rhetorical device does the below scenario depict?
Rachael has to convince her parents to let her go out with her friends on Friday night. This is her argument:
"Mom and Dad I would like to go out with my friends Friday night. I know you said no and I understand. However, in the past 6 months , I have come home on time and I have straight A's."
Rachael has to convince her parents to let her go out with her friends on Friday night. This is her argument:
"Mom and Dad I would like to go out with my friends Friday night. I know you said no and I understand. However, in the past 6 months , I have come home on time and I have straight A's."
a)
Logos
b)
Pathos
c)
Ethos
18.
Which symbol represents ethos?
a)
Heart
b)
Hand
c)
Head
19.
Which symbol represents pathos?
a)
Heart
b)
Hand
c)
Head
20.
Which symbol represents logos?
a)
Heart
b)
Hand
c)
Head
21.
Which argument would present the audience with statistics and numbers to convince them to change their point of view?
a)
Pathos
b)
Logos
c)
Ethos
22.
Which argument would present their presentation with words like devastating, horrible, sickening, and awful?
a)
Logos
b)
Pathos
c)
Ethos
23.
Which argument would use the following words to change a person's perspective of a topic:
I have been a lawyer for 25 years and have won 95% of my cases in this matter.
I have been a lawyer for 25 years and have won 95% of my cases in this matter.
a)
Logos
b)
Ethos
c)
Pathos
24.
What are the following words an example of?
"We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence..."
Winston Churchill
"We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence..."
Winston Churchill
a)
personification
b)
similie
c)
anaphora
d)
epistrophe
25.
What comprises the best argument?
a)
logos only
b)
pathos only
c)
ethos only
d)
combination of logos, pathos, and ethos
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