Which of the following is not an example of informational text?

Which of the following is NOT a type of rhetorical appeal?

How would you define the term LOGOS when discussing rhetorical appeals?

How would you define the term ETHOS when discussing rhetorical appeals?

How would you define the term PATHOS when discussing rhetorical appeals?

How do you define rhetoric?

Facts, research, surveys, statistics, charts or diagrams, definitions, and examples would support which rhetorical appeal?

Trustworthiness, including author’s background and qualifications, authority, and reputation all support which rhetorical appeal?

Which rhetorical appeal does the following quote MOST represent?

"Therefore, as your President, performing my constitutional duty to “give to the Congress information of the state of the Union,” I find it, unhappily, necessary to report that the future and the safety of our country and of our democracy are overwhelmingly involved in events far beyond our borders."

There was joy, yes, joy. People must have thought there could be no greater torment in God's hell than that of being stranded here, on the sidewalk, among the bundles, in the middle of the street under a blazing sun. Anything seemed preferable to that. They began to walk without another glance at the abandoned streets, the dead, empty houses, the gardens, the tombstones…

What does the word abandoned mean as it's used in this paragraph?

Moishe was not the same. The joy in his eyes was gone. He no longer sang. He no longer mentioned either God or Kabbalah. He spoke only of what he had seen. But people not only refused to believe his tales, they refused to listen. Some even insinuated that he only wanted their pity, that he was imagining things. Others flatly said that he had gone mad. As for Moishe, he wept and pleaded: "Jews, listen to me! That's all I ask of you. No money. No pity. Just listen to me!" he kept shouting in synagogue, between the prayer at dusk and the evening prayer. Even I did not believe him. I often sat with him, after services, and listened to his tales, trying to understand his grief. But all I felt was pity. "They think I'm mad," he whispered, and tears, like drops of wax, flowed from his eyes.

Which of the following is the best paraphrase for this paragraph?

What is the author's purpose for adding this simile? "The news spread like wildfire"

"The Jews of Budapest live in an atmosphere of fear and terror. Anti-Semitic acts take place every day, in the streets, on the trains. The Fascists attack Jewish stores, synagogues. The situation is becoming very s e r i o u s …" The news spread through Sighet like wildfire. Soon that was all people talked about.