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Ethos, Logos, and Pathos in Speeches

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The person responsible for creating the three methods of persuasion is ?

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

2.
This term refers to an argument that appeals to logic
a)
Logos
b)
Ethos
c)
Pathos
d)
Rhetorical Fallacy
3.

_____ is appealing to the speaker's authority or credibility.

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

4.
This term refers to an argument that appeals to one's emotions
a)
Logos
b)
Pathos
c)
Ethos
5.

FDR "the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked" uses specific adverbs to appeal to __________.

a)

logic

b)

emotion

c)

credibility

6.

Truman states "That bomb had more power that 20,000 tons of TNT" using which rhetorical appeal?

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

7.

Eisenhower states " In the councils of government, we must guard" appealing to_______.

a)

emotion

b)

logic

c)

authority

8.

JFK uses the phrase "my fellow Americans" to appeal to

a)

emotion

b)

logic

c)

credibility

9.

JFK states, " All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words 'Ich bin ein Berliner'" appealing to

a)

credibility

b)

emotion

c)

logic

10.

MLK primarily appeals to _____________ in his phrase, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

a)

emotion

b)

logic

c)

credibility

11.

When LBJ states "There is no constitutional issue here. The command of the Constitution is plain" he is appealing mainly to_______.

a)

logic

b)

emotion

c)

credibility

12.

LBJ mainly appeals to _________ when he says "Yet as long as others will challenge America's security and test the dearness of our beliefs with fire and steel, then we must stand or see the promise of two centuries tremble."

a)

emotion

b)

logic

c)

credibility

13.

When MLK uses the phrases "Somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of press" he is calling on the Constitution to add ___________ to his argument.

a)

credibility

b)

logic

c)

emotion

14.

When MLK states "I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you," he is adding ____________ to his argument.

a)

authority

b)

emotion

c)

logic

15.

RFK states "what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love, and wisdom, and compassion toward one another " as an appeal to___.

a)

logic

b)

emotion

c)

credibility

16.

Nixon states "I have felt it was my duty to persevere, to make every possible effort to complete the term of office to which you elected me" using ____________.

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

17.

Reagan uses ________ when he states "the future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we'll continue to follow them."

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

18.

George H. W. Bush uses ________ in his line "just 2 hours ago, allied air forces began an attack on military targets in Iraq and Kuwait. These attacks continue as I speak. Ground forces are not engaged. "

a)

logos

b)

pathos

c)

ethos

19.

George H.W. Bush uses ___________in his line, "when the dictator of Iraq invaded a small and helpless neighbor. Kuwait"

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

20.

Clinton cites figures like "over 20 million new jobs; the fastest economic growth in more than 30 years; the lowest unemployment rates in 30 years; the lowest poverty rates in 20 years" to add _______ to his speech.

a)

pathos

b)

logos

c)

ethos

21.

Gore stating "Now the U.S. Supreme Court has spoken" adds _____ to his argument

a)

credibility

b)

emotion

c)

logic

22.

Bush primarily uses __________ in his speech. For example he states, "I can hear you! I can hear you! The rest of the world hears you! And the people -- and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon!"

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

23.

Obama states "Our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand" which adds ___________ to his speech.

a)

emotion

b)

logic

c)

authority

24.

Obama adds ____________ to his speech with the statement, " if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see?"

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

25.

"A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes we can.

" is stated by Obama to add _________ to his argument.

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos