Rhetorical Appeals and Argumentative Writing

What is the purpose of Argumentative Writing

• To get you to do the thing that the speaker/writer wants you to do

• To be a fun story

• To inform you about a topic

• To tell why someone is angry about something

What do rhetorical devices achieve?

• They make the speech/writing sound cooler

• They influence the audience to do something

• They help the audience understand the information

• They are just there

Logos is the.....

• Ethical appeal

• Emotional Appeal

• Moral Appeal

• Logical Appeal

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Ethos is the...

• Ethical Appeal

• Emotional Appeal

• Moral Appeal

• Logical Appeal

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Pathos is the...

• Ethical Appeal

• Emotional Appeal

• Moral Appeal

• Logical Appeal

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In which type of appeal is the goal to make the author/speaker seem more trustworthy?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In which type of appeal is the goal to show that doing what the speaker says is the smart thing to do?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In which type of appeal is the goal to stir up the audience's emotions?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

If a toothpaste ad were to say, "Studies show that this toothpaste is 96% as effective as professional dental cleaning", what type of appeal would they be using?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

If a political candidate were to pray or reference a bible verse in a speech, what type of device are they using, and what type of appeal would that be?

• Anecdote, Ethos Appeal

• Allusion, Pathos Appeal

• Allusion, Ethos Appeal

• Anecdote, Pathos Appeal

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5