Worksheets8 English Media Unit: Persuasive Devices
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, was considered the master of
persuasion
experiments
proper behaviour
profiteroles
According to Aristotle, the three major elements of persuasion were
Ego, Logo, Path
Ethos, Logos, Pathos
Eye contact, Loud volume, Practicing
Rhetorical questions, Emotive language, Direct address
Considering the element of Ethos, you need to
be bold
speak in a loud voice
introduce yourself
establish the quality of your character and credibility on the subject
In relation to your upcoming persuasive speech, which of the following phrases makes use of Ethos? (more than one correct answer)
As a young person, I feel ...
I too have experienced ...
I'm honoured to be here today as a voice for young people on ...
As Australians, we must ...
Logos appeals to listeners' sense of
logic and reason from personal anecdotes
logic and reason from emotional language
logic and reason from data, evidence, expert quotes, facts
logic and reason from cohesive devices
Which of the following sentence starters would begin a logical and reasonable appeal? (more than one correct answer)
According to Media Watch ...
Recent research indicates ...
In 2022, Nine News published an article on ...
Mass media has become totally unreliable, untrustworthy and uninteresting.
According to Aristotle, speakers who make use of Pathos will ...
(more than one correct answer)
appeal to their audience's emotions
move people to action by making their audience feel for their cause
pathologically lie
present themselves as a credible speaker and authority on the subject
Emotionally loaded language, vivid descriptions, stories of emotional events and figurative language could all form part of
An appeal to Ethos (credibility)
An appeal to Logos (logic and reason)
An appeal to Pathos (emotion)
An episode of MAFS
Which of the following is a rhetorical question?
(more than one correct answer)
Isn't it about time we demand more from our online news sources?
Don't we deserve news we can trust?
Shouldn't celebrities have privacy like the rest of us?
R U Ok?
Power of three
Including lists of three
Emotive language
Language to elicit an emotional resonse
Rhetorical question
Questions posed for rhetorical effect
Say again
Repeatedly using the same words or phrases for effect
Anecdote
A story to illustrate your point
Direct address
Speaking directly to your audience using personal pronouns or shared experiences
Exaggeration
Overstatement or impossible embellishments
Undermine opposing views (rebuttal)
Using refutation to criticise opposing arguments
Write the next few words of this rebuttal:
Some may say that the increasingly casual culture of misinformation, fake news and media corruption is too big a problem now to fix, but that view ...
(a)
An anecdote is
a short description or account of an event to prompt an emotional or critical response
a weak form of persuasion
repetition but at the start of a line
a parable (story) that is persuasive
Which words would directly address the imagined audience
in your upcoming persuasive speech?
(more than one correct answer)
Friends, ...
Fellow Australians, ...
Together,
you and I ...
You ...
Which of the following is an example of a tricolon?
Firstly, ...
Secondly, ...
Thirdly, ...
Also, ...
In addition, ...
Finally, ...
It keeps happening time and time and time again.
Every lie told, every image doctored, every source fabricated ...
