WorksheetsRhetorical Appeals
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3hrs 34mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
______________ came up with the ideas of ethos, pathos and logos.
a)
Plato
b)
Aristotle
c)
Alexander the Great
d)
Shakespeare
2.
Pathos is a(n) _______________ argument.
a)
emotional
b)
logical
c)
ethical
d)
ridiculous
3.
Citing health information is an example of __________.
a)
Ethos
b)
Pathos
c)
Logos
d)
Plato
4.
If an ad claimed: "35 people drank this diet soda, and 33 of them subsequently lost weight," the ad is using...
a)
Ethos
b)
Pathos
c)
Logos
d)
Allusion
5.
a)
Ethos
b)
Pathos
c)
Logos
d)
Nosotros
6.
Rhetoric is the art of effectively __________ and ___________ to persuade.
a)
reading/ writing
b)
entertaining/informing
c)
speaking/writing
d)
all of the above
7.
a)
Logos
b)
Pathos
c)
Ethos
d)
Ethos and Logos
8.
"You'll make the right decision because you have something that not many people do: you have heart."
a)
logos
b)
pathos
c)
ethos
9.
This form of rhetoric uses an expert or a celebrity
a)
logos
b)
pathos
c)
ethos
10.
Ethos is an argument based on
a)
facts.
b)
character.
11.
Which rhetorical device is used?
There must be strict supervision, there must be an end to speculation, there must be provision for adequate currency.
There must be strict supervision, there must be an end to speculation, there must be provision for adequate currency.
a)
Parallelism
b)
Analogy
c)
Repetition
d)
Restatement
12.
The Greek philosopher who composed the famous book entitled Rhetoric in 350 B.C.E. was ...
a)
Plato
b)
Socrates
c)
Aristotle
d)
Homer
13.
an appeal used to convince someone by creating an emotional response
a)
pathos
b)
persuade
c)
reasoning
d)
ethos
14.
cause someone to do or believe something through reasoning or argument
a)
persuade
b)
rhetoric
c)
evidence
d)
claim
15.
the act of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
a)
rhetoric
b)
argument
c)
persuade
d)
evidence
16.
The form of argumentative appeal that is based on an appeal to common sense or reason.
a)
Ethos
b)
Pathos
c)
Logos
d)
None of these.
17.
a)
Ethos
b)
Pathos
c)
Logos
18.
a)
Ethos
b)
Pathos
c)
Logos
19.
What type of persuasion is used in this advertisement?
a)
Pathos
b)
Ethos
c)
Logos
20.
The Centers for Disease Control recommends getting a flu vaccine each fall.
a)
Ethos
b)
Pathos
c)
Logos
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