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Independent Reading

Ethos, Pathos, Logos, and Rhetorical Devices

Persuasive Appeals

Ethos: appeal to the credibility of the speaker Ask students - How do these images represent an appeal to credibility?

Pathos: appeal to emotion Ask students: How do these images appeal to emotion? What is the intended effect?

Logos: appeal to logic How do these ads appeal to an audience’s sense of logic?

Decide: Pathos, Ethos, or Logos? 3 out of 4 dentists recommend trident gum Without your help there may be no polar bears for the next generation to love Everyone can see the need for us to create cleaner and cheaper fuels. Just look at your gasoline bill If you don’t graduate from high school you will spend the rest of your life in dead end jobs, barely paying your bills, living in poverty. As an intelligent person, I’m sure you can appreciate that high school graduates make more than dropouts and come to understand why graduating is important. Ethos 2. Pathos 3. Logos 4. Pathos 5. Logos

Who is the Audience? The group of people who are intended to view or listen to a speech or advertisement -To whom is this text directed? It’s not enough to say: “Anyone who reads it.” Is it one individual, a group, many groups? What assumptions can you make about the intended audience? Consider a variety of options: gender? Race? Class? Age-Group? Interest group? How do you know the intended audience?

Message and Tone Message: The idea communicated through the text Tone: the author’s attitude toward a subject Consider the connotation of the words the author uses.

Pathos, Ethos, or Logos? Audience? Message?

Pathos, Ethos, or Logos? Audience? Message?

Pathos, Ethos, or Logos? Audience? Message?

Rhetorical Devices Rhetorical question: asking a question where the answer is obvious and doesn’t need to be directly answered When a teacher asks a talkative student: “Do you want to teach the class today?” Repetition: when a word, or phrase is repeated in the same words. Restatement: Repeating one idea in a variety of ways.

ØAllusion: referring to a well-known place, person, event, or story Rhetorical Devices ØAllusion: referring to a well-known place, person, event, or story ØDiction: author’s word choice For example: •Is a person “slim” or “skinny”? •Is an oil spill an “incident” or an “accident”? •Would you rather buy a “used” car or a “pre-owned car”

ØParallelism: repeating grammatical structures Rhetorical Devices ØParallelism: repeating grammatical structures Examples: Her hobbies include cooking, jogging, and reading. In class, at work, and on the field, Mark strives for excellence. He came, he saw, he conquered. Abraham Lincoln: “With malice toward none; with charity for all…”

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