1. Douglass’s Rhetorical Skills
Rhetoric: The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing.

2. As you read The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, think about the following :
1. the writer = Douglass is writing from the point of view of an American slave.
2. the ideas = Douglass makes comments that appeal to people’s reason.
3 the story/drama = Douglass tells the stories that best appeal to our emotions.
What is persuasive powerful about his description of the characters? Find quotes that reflect how the story

3. Aristotle’s Rhetorics = Means of Persuasion

4. Aristotle’s Rhetoric
Ethos: the source’s credibility, the speaker’s/author’s authority
Logos: the logic used to support a claim (induction & deduction); it can also be the facts and statistics used to help support the argument.
Pathos: the emotional or motivational appeals; vivid language, emotional, language and numerous sensory details.

5. The Narrative of Frederick Douglass follows Aristotle’s three fundamental elements of persuasive speaking and writing.
1. Ethos = appeal to one’s own character
(= the writer)
2. Logos = appeal to reason
(= the ideas)
Pathos: appeal to people’s emotion
(= the story/drama)