Rhetorical appeals (Spring 2024)

Which rhetorical appeal is the appeal to reasoning?

Which rhetorical appeal is the appeal to emotion?

Which rhetorical appeal is the appeal to credibility?

What are the three points on the basic rhetorical triangle?

• Ethos, pathos, logos

• Context, exigence, purpose

• Audience, message, purpose

• Audience, message, communicator

In the article "Why Tipping is Wrong," Saru Jayaraman notes that Hillary Clinton favors overturning the tipped minimum wage. What appeal is she using here?

• logos

• pathos

• ethos

• kairos

Say someone argues that the Iowa caucuses had a low turn out by reasoning people stayed home due to arctic weather on caucus day. What appeal would that person be using?

In the SpongeBob episode, "Chocolate with Nuts," the con artist pretends to be in a body cast to get SpongeBob and Patrick to sympathize with him and buy his chocolate. What rhetorical appeal is he using?

In the case of Carlee Russell, the police chief reasons that there was no child walking along the highway for a distance of six football fields simply because a child would likely not be able to do so. What rhetorical appeal is he using?

• logos

• pathos

• ethos

• kairos

Premise 1

Premise 2

Conclusion

What is the above expression called?

From where might communicators derive their credibility? (Select all that apply.)

• Their celebrity

• Their experience

• Their titles

• Their knowledge