Elements of Argument

Elements of Argumentation

A Review

Multiple Choice

The art of persuasion is

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

• rhetoric

Multiple Choice

1. What is the goal of argumentative writing?

• to entertain

• to inform

• to persuade

• to share feelings

Fill in the Blank

An argument is a clear series of reasons, statements, or facts intended to support or establish a point of view and _______.

The goal of argumentation is to persuade

Multiple Choice

Cause (someone) to do or believe something through reasoning or argument.

• argument

• persuasion

• evidence

• genre

Multiple Choice

Credible evidence should be used in any good argument. Credible means

• based on your personal experience

• unbelievable

• believable

• complicated

Multiple Select

The three types of evidence we discussed are (select all the correct answers)

• Anecdotal

• Expert testimony

• Hearsay

• Statistical

Multiple Choice

Anecdotal evidence is

• expert testimony

• personal experience

• statistics, numbers

Open Ended

What are the four purposes in writing we discussed?

Match

Match the following purposes with genres

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Express

argumentative essay

History Book

Comic Book

Poem

• argumentative essay

• History Book

• Comic Book

• Poem

Multiple Choice

What are the four parts of the rhetorical situation?

• author, purpose, audience, genre

• author, evidence, argument, rhetoric

• evidence, statistics, anecdotes, genre

• purpose, credibility, argument, author

Multiple Choice

The purpose of rhetoric is to

• entertain

• persuade

• inform

• express

​Persuade!

Rhetoric is the art of persuasion.

We will talk more about the tools that writers use to persuade but some are tone, repetition, diction (word choice).