1. Intro to Rhetoric Review

2. Rhetoric Terms You Now Know
Aristotle
Speaker
Occasion
Audience
Purpose
Subject
Tone
Appeals
Ethos
Logos
Pathos
Common Ground
Expert Testimony
Anecdote
Argument

4. Hidden Figures
Ethos – respectful word choice, personal connection to the judge, boosts his ego
Logos – “be the first” logic, researched his past as examples, makes allusions of famous figures
Pathos – “which court case is going to matter 100 years from now?”

5. A Time to Kill
Ethos – connects to a religious audience, shows his own sincerity
Logos – logic of the fairness of the justice system, regardless of race
Pathos – descriptive, shocking language, imagery, uses guilt and the value of justice to persuade

6. Scent of a Woman
Ethos – uses his background/experience as a veteran, passionate and indignant tone
Logos- cause and effect (if you bribe Charlie, what kind of man will he become
Pathos – vulgar diction, figurative langauge taps into the “values” the school should teach

7. All three speakers understand this concept of the Triangle!