1. ENGLISH 10 HONORS DAY 37 OBJECTIVE: TO DEFINE AND APPLY RHETORICAL APPEALS

2. REVIEW To review and make sure everyone understands what we’ve discussed so far, we will read another article on pages 142-143 and identify elements of argument and types of evidence Before you read the article, be sure to read the background information so that you understand the context of the editorial.

3. RHETORICAL APPEALS In an argument, an author often uses rhetorical appeals in order to prove his/her point. There are three types of rhetorical appeals: ethos, pathos, and logos. As we define each of them, you will quickly practice writing them as well.

4. TYPES OF APPEALS: ETHOS Ethos Ethical Speaker establishes self as trustworthy and respectful of audience Speaker shows he/she is trustworthy and care deeply about the situation and its effect on him/her Speaker demonstrates he/she has taken time to research topic, establishing credibility Ethos Quickwrite: You arrive home 20 minutes past curfew and your parent/guardian decides to ground you for 2 weeks as punishment. Persuade him/her to change his/her mind using ethos.

5. TYPES OF APPEALS: PATHOS Pathos Emotional Appeal to emotions of audience by describing in detail the effect of a particular situation Often uses stories with lots of details to provoke emotion Create a sense of pity, anger, fear, or other emotion in audience Pathos Quickwrite: You arrive home 20 minutes past curfew and your parent/guardian decides to ground you for 2 weeks as punishment. Persuade him/her to change his/her mind using pathos.

6. TYPES OF APPEALS: LOGOS Logos Logical Uses reasoning by citing statistics, facts, experts, and evidence Be rational and give statistics and/or commonly held beliefs; refer to experts and facts that can be supported When using this type of argument, offer audience examples that are similar to this subject and convince them to draw the conclusion you want. Logos Quickwrite: You arrive home 20 minutes past curfew and your parent/guardian decides to ground you for 2 weeks as punishment. Persuade him/her to change his/her mind using logos.

7. A good argument will include not only all 5 elements of argument, but also a healthy and effective mix of rhetorical strategies. You will need to use all of these things when you complete your next essay/embedded assessment. Look back over the two texts we’ve read this week and identify rhetorical appeals the authors use. These rhetorical appeals may use/overlap with types of evidence. Often, types of evidence are used to create/use one of the rhetorical appeals.