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WorksheetsPathos, Ethos, and Logos
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following rhetorical, persuasive devices uses reputation, credibility, and experience?
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Which of the following rhetorical devices uses logic, facts, and common sense to persuade readers/listeners?
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Which of the following rhetorical devices uses emotions and feelings to persuade the reader?
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He had meant the best in the world, and been treated like a dog—like a very dog. She would be sorry someday—maybe when it was too late. Ah, if he could only die TEMPORARILY!
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Our expertise in roofing contracting is evidenced not only by our 50 years in the business and our staff of qualified technicians, but in the decades of satisfied customers who have come to expect nothing but the best."
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"If my age doesn't convince you that I know what I'm talking about, at least consider that I am your grandfather and I only want the best for you."
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"It's a matter of common sense that people deserve to be treated equally. The Constitution calls it 'self-evident.' Why, then, should I have been denied a seat because of my disability?"
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Don't be the last person on the block to have their lawn treated - you don't want to be the laughing stock of your community!"
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"You know me - I've taught Sunday School at your church for years, babysat your children, and served as a playground director for many summers - so you know I can run your preschool."
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You will never be satisfied in life if you don't seize this opportunity. Do you want to live the rest of your years yearning to know what would have happened if you just jumped when you had the chance?"
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"Private demand for the product has tapered off for the past three years, and this year's sales figures are at an all-time low. It's time to research other options."
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"Man serves the interests of no creature except himself. And among us animals let there be perfect unity, perfect comradeship in the struggle. All men are enemies. All animals are comrades."
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"This single farm of ours would support a dozen horses, twenty cows, hundreds of sheep-and all of them living in a comfort and a dignity that are now almost beyond our imagining."
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"Let us face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short. We are born, we are given just so much food as will keep the breath in our bodies, and those of us who are capable of it are forced to work to the last atom of our strength; and the very instant that our usefulness has come to an end we are slaughtered with hideous cruelty."
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"I have had a long life, I have had much time for thought as I lay alone in my stall, and I think I may say that I understand the nature of life on this earth as well as any animal now living. It is about this that I wish to speak to you."
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