1. Rhetorical Triangle and Primary Appeals
Mrs. DiLauro
Academic Writing

2. The Rhetorical Triangle: SAS
Subject: What are you talking about or what is the topic?
Audience: Who is the target audience? 20 year old girls from England? This needs to be a specific group.
Speaker: Who are they? What is their personality like? Their position? Their background? Etc.

3. #1 Subject: Goldfish died Audience: A three year old child
Speaker: You are the parent

4. #2 Subject: You’re fired Audience: Your co-worker and loyal friend
Speaker: You are a seventy-five year old man who lied to save your own job

5. #3 Subject: You’ve witness a robbery Audience: The police
Speaker: You are a ninety-five year old woman who is easily confused

6. #4
Subject: You want to ask out your best friend’s ex boyfriend/girlfriend
Audience: Your best friend
Speaker: You are a billionaire who is used to getting what you want, but you want to keep your friendship

7. #5 Subject: You want to run away with the circus Audience: Your family
Speaker: You are a thirty-five year old man with a wife and two kids

8. #6
Subject: You are trying to convince your players to take ballet lessons
Audience: A football team
Speaker: You are the coach, and a former ballet star!

9. #7 Subject: You ate the last cookie in a pack of Oreos
Audience: An angry bear
Speaker: You are a lone camper who is angry for having to explain himself to a bear

10. Back to Ethos, Pathos and Logos: A Review
Now, you are to write a letter using the THREE primary appeals of persuasion to convince the principal and the school board that we should only have school three days a week.
Make sure the letter is at least three paragraphs long, and that each paragraph contains ONE major appeal
Address it correctly and sign it formally