WorksheetsLong Quiz 1 (English 9)
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins
Persuasion is the art of convincing someone to agree with your point of view. According to the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, there are three basic tools of persuasion: ethos, pathos, and logos.
Ethos is a speaker’s way of convincing the audience that she is a credible source. An audience will consider a speaker credible if she seems trustworthy, reliable, and sincere. This can be done in many ways. For example, a speaker can develop ethos by explaining how much experience or education she has in the field. After all, you would be more likely to listen to advice about how to take care of your teeth from a dentist than a firefighter. A speaker can also create ethos by convincing the audience that she is a good person who has their best interests at heart. If an audience cannot trust you, you will not be able to persuade them.
Pathos is a speaker’s way of connecting with an audience’s emotions. For example, a speaker who is trying to convince an audience to vote for him might say that he alone can save the country from a terrible war. These words are intended to fill the audience with fear, thus making them want to vote for him. Similarly, a charity organization that helps animals might show the audience pictures of injured dogs and cats. These images are intended to fill the viewers with pity. If the audience feels bad for the animals, they will be more likely to donate money.
Logos is the use of facts, information, statistics, or other evidence to make your argument more convincing. An audience will be more likely to believe you if you have data to back up your claims. For example, a commercial for soap might tell you that laboratory tests have shown that their soap kills all 7,000,000 of the bacteria living on your hands right now. This piece of information might make you more likely to buy their brand of soap. Presenting this evidence is much more convincing than simply saying “our soap is the best!” Use of logos can also increase a speaker’s ethos; the more facts a speaker includes in his argument, the more likely you are to think that he is educated and trustworthy. Although ethos, pathos, and logos all have their strengths, they are often most effective when they are used together. Indeed, most speakers use a combination of ethos, pathos, and logos to persuade their audiences. The next time you listen to a speech, watch a commercial, or listen to a friend try to convince you to lend him some money, be on the lookout for these ancient Greek tools of persuasion.
Question: As used in paragraph 2, what is the best antonym for credible?
Unintelligent
Boring
Dishonest
Amazing
Amy is trying to convince her mother to buy her a pair of $200 shoes. She says: “Mom, the shoes I have are really old and ugly. If I don’t get these new shoes, everyone at school is going to laugh at me. I will be so embarrassed that I will want to die.”
What form of persuasion is Amy using here?
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Ethos and Logos
According to the passage, logos can build ethos because....
An audience is more likely to trust a speaker who uses evidence to support his argument
An audience is more easily convinced by facts and information than simple appeals to emotions like pity or fear
A speaker who overuses pathos might make an audience too emotional; audiences who are too frightened or too
sad are unlikely to be persuaded
A speaker can use misleading or false information to make his argument seem more convincing
What is the most effective tool of persuasion?
Ethos and Pathos
Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
Logos and Pathos
Ethos and Logos
Which among the following may consist of one or more scenes?
Dialogue
Chamber Theater
One-Act Play
Role Play
Which among the following stories is arguably one of the greatest love stories of all time and of the most well-known?
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
Macbeth
Maria Clara
Which among the following changes when the location of the action shifts or when a new character enters.
Scenes
Characterization
Dialog
Play
Which among the following is further divided into scenes?
Scenes
Script
Plot
Act
Which among the following is second and most important role-plays by an actor in chamber theatre?
Stage Director
Director
Narrator
Actor
Which among the following is the exciting part of the story where the main event happens?
Plot
Climax
Scene
Role Play
Which among the following refers as the start of the story where the character and setting revealed?
Rising Action
Climax
Exposition
Falling Action
What part of the story wherein the character first encounters the incoming conflict of the story?
Rising Action
Climax
Exposition
Falling Action
Which among the following is the type of play where the story always has a misery ending?
Theme
Comedy
Moral
Tragedy
Which among the following is the type of play where design to entertain viewers in a playful way?
Theme
Comedy
Moral
Tragedy
Which among the following is consider as the participants in the work of fiction?
Characterization
Characters
Setting
Theme
Directions: Determine whether the statement is biased or prejudiced.
Some people may consider all Muslim women to be illiterate and uneducated.
Biased
Prejudiced
Directions: Determine whether the statement is biased or prejudiced.
Picking articles or stories that are pleasing to the owners of the media organization or network
Biased
Prejudiced
Directions: Determine whether the statement is biased or prejudiced.
Until the early years of the 20th century, women were not allowed to vote.
Biased
Prejudiced
Directions: Determine whether the statement is biased or prejudiced.
Women are weak.
Biased
Prejudiced
Directions: Determine whether the statement is biased or prejudiced.
Private clubs are often exclusive. For example, some do not allow members who are Black or Jewish.
Biased
Prejudiced
Directions: Determine if the statement appeals to ethos, pathos, or logos as a mode of persuasion.
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.
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Directions: Determine if the statement appeals to ethos, pathos, or logos as a mode of persuasion.
There's no price that can be placed on peace of mind. Our advanced security systems will protect the well-being of your family so that you can sleep soundly at night.
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Directions: Determine if the statement appeals to ethos, pathos, or logos as a mode of persuasion.
If you're still unsure, please consider that my advanced degree and fieldwork speak for themselves.
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Directions: Determine if the statement appeals to ethos, pathos, or logos as a mode of persuasion.
The data is perfectly clear: This investment has consistently turned a profit year-over-year, even in spite of market declines in other areas.
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Directions: Determine if the statement appeals to ethos, pathos, or logos as a mode of persuasion.
History has shown time and again that absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Directions: Determine if the statement appeals to ethos, pathos, or logos as a mode of persuasion.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury: We have not only the fingerprints, the lack of an alibi, a clear motive, and an expressed desire to commit the robbery, but we also have video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more open and shut.
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Directions: Determine if the statement appeals to ethos, pathos, or logos as a mode of persuasion.
You should consider another route if you leave later. I heard that that street is far more dangerous and ominous at night than during the daytime.
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Directions: Determine if the statement appeals to ethos, pathos, or logos as a mode of persuasion.
Based on the dozens of archaeological expeditions I've made all over the world, I am confident that those potshards are Mesopotamian in origin.
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Directions: Determine if the statement appeals to ethos, pathos, or logos as a mode of persuasion.
Thanksgiving without fail, making more than cherished recipes. We've made memories.
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Directions: Determine if the statement appeals to ethos, pathos, or logos as a mode of persuasion.
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?
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Directions: Determine if the statement appeals to ethos, pathos, or logos as a mode of persuasion.
More than one hundred peer-reviewed studies have been conducted over the past decade, and none of them suggests that this is an effective treatment for hair loss.
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Directions: Determine if the statement appeals to ethos, pathos, or logos as a mode of persuasion.
The algorithms have been run in a thousand different ways, and the math continues to check out.
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Directions: Determine if the statement appeals to ethos, pathos, or logos as a mode of persuasion.
They've worked against everything we've worked so hard to build, and they don't care who gets hurt in the process.
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Directions: Determine if the statement appeals to ethos, pathos, or logos as a mode of persuasion.
I'm not just invested in this community — I love every building, every business, every hard-working member of this town.
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Directions: Determine if the statement appeals to ethos, pathos, or logos as a mode of persuasion.
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?
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
