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Rhetorical Appeals and Reasoning

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 22mins

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1.

Which rhetorical appeal is primarily based on the credibility and character of the speaker or writer?

a)

Pathos

b)

Logos

c)

Ethos

d)

Kairos

2.

An advertisement says: "9 out of 10 dentists recommend this toothpaste." Which type of rhetorical appeal is being used?

a)

Ethos

b)

Pathos

c)

Logos

d)

Inductive Reason

3.

Which rhetorical appeal targets the audience's emotions?

a)

Ethos

b)

Logos

c)

Pathos

d)

Deductive Reasoning

4.

A political candidate talks about their humble beginnings and hard work to connect with voters. This is an example of:

a)

Logos

b)

Ethos

c)

Pathos

d)

Metaphor

5.

A speaker uses statistics and facts to support their argument. This is an example of:

a)

Ethos

b)

Pathos

c)

Logos

d)

Simile

6.

Which type of rhetorical appeal is used in this example:


"This year's flu season looks worse than usual. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) warned last week that the dominant influenza virus right now, H3N2, typically signals a severe flu season, resulting in more deaths and hospital trips than average. Even worse: About half of the H3N2 viruses detected so far are different strains from the ones included in this year's vaccine, which means flu shots will be less effective."

a)

Metaphor

b)

Ethos

c)

Pathos

d)

Logos

7.

Which type of rhetorical appeal is used in this example:


We have, therefore, in this Island today a very large and powerful military force. This force comprises all our best-trained and our finest troops, including scores of thousands of those who have already measured their quality against the Germans and found themselves at no disadvantage. We have under arms at the present time in this Island over a million and a quarter men.

a)

Ethos

b)

Logos

c)

Pathos

8.

Which type of rhetorical appeal is used in this example:


But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, "This was their finest hour."

a)

Pathos

b)

Logos

c)

Ethos

9.

Which type of rhetorical appeal is used in this example:


Tallying the total cost of flu is difficult. In a 2007 article published in the journal Vaccine, CDC researchers put the total economic burden at $87 billion annually, in 2003 dollars, counting a statistical measure that puts a dollar value on lost life. Among the costs: 3.1 million days patients spend in hospitals, 10 times as many doctors visits, and 44 million days of missed work.

a)

Logos

b)

Ethos

c)

Pathos

10.

Which type of rhetorical appeal is used in this example:


Fog everywhere. Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows; fog down the river, where it rolls defiled among the tiers of shipping and the waterside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city. Fog on the Essex marshes, fog on the Kentish heights. Fog creeping into the cabooses of collier-brigs; fog lying out on the yards, and hovering in the rigging of great ships; fog drooping on the

gunwales of barges and small boats. . . . Chance people on the bridges peeping over the parapets into a nether sky of fog, with fog all round them, as if they were up in a balloon, and hanging in the misty clouds.

a)

Logos

b)

Pathos

c)

Ethos

11.

Michael Jordan's picture promoting his new line of athletic wear is an example of which rhetorical appeal?

a)

Ethos

b)

Pathos

c)

Logos

12.

Which of the following is an example of PATHOS that may be used to persuade the audience to donate to a pet shelter?

a)

Statistics on how much it costs to feed homeless pets in a year.

b)

A photo of a sweet puppy with sad eyes.

c)

A local celebrity is urging you to donate now.

13.

In “The Iron Horse,” the writer supports his claim that Lou Gehrig was “one of the greatest baseball players of all time” by stating record-breaking statistics and awards. This rhetorical appeal is called….

a)

Ethos

b)

Pathos

c)

Logos

14.

Kobe Bryant is pictured next to Vitamin Water. The caption says, "3 championships and counting.. 1,845 bottles of vitamin water and chugging.. 1 MVP award and long overdue. Try Vitamin Water, it works for Kobe."

a)

ethos only

b)

ethos and logos

c)

logos only

d)

pathos and ethos

15.

Reasoning that starts with specific statements and leads to a general conclusion is called

a)

inductive

b)

deductive

c)

premise

d)

rhetoric

16.

Reasoning that starts with general statements and leads to a specific conclusion is called

a)

inductive

b)

deductive

c)

premise

d)

rhetoric

17.

It is dangerous to drive on icy streets, and the streets are icy now, so it would be dangerous for me to drive on the streets today.

a)

Inductive

(specific points > general conclusion)

b)

Deductive

(general points > specific conclusion)

18.

Rufus and Rose came back from the beach with sunburns. It must have been a sunny day at the beach.

a)

Inductive Reasoning

b)

Deductive Reasoning

19.

"It gives me pleasure to announce to Congress that the benevolent policy of the Government, steadily pursued for nearly thirty years, in relation to the removal of the Indians beyond the white settlements is approaching to a happy consummation. Two important tribes have accepted the provision made for their removal at the last session of Congress, and it is believed that their example will induce the remaining tribes also to seek the same obvious advantages."

How does the speaker (Andrew Jackson) use reasoning to develop his argument?

a)

Inductive reasoning to conclude that Native American tribes that are left will leave their land willingly.

b)

Deductive reasoning to conclude that Native American tribes that are left will leave their land willingly.

20.

"Power is the ability not just to tell the story of another person, but to make it the definitive story of that person. The Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti writes that if you want to dispossess a people, the simplest way to do it is to tell their story and to start with, 'secondly.' Start the story with the arrows of the Native Americans, and not with the arrival of the British, and you have an entirely different story. Start the story with the failure of the African state, and not with the colonial creation of the African state, and you have an entirely different story."

How does the speaker use reasoning to develop the argument?

a)

Inductive reasoning to conclude that power shaped understanding of Native American and African cultures.

b)

Deductive reasoning to conclude that power shaped understanding of Native American and African cultures.