rhetoric pathos, ethos, logos
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RhetoricPathos, Ethos, LogosMr. Kreher
• “Are you really that stupid?”
•What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men?
• "Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do 'practice'?"(George Carlin)
• "If practice makes perfect, and no one's perfect, then why practice?"(Billy Corgan)
Grandma Simpson and Lisa are singing Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind“:: ("How many roads must a man walk down/Before you call him a man?").
Homer overhears and says, "Eight!"Lisa: "That was a rhetorical question!"Homer: "Oh. Then, seven!"Lisa: "Do you even know what 'rhetorical' means?"Homer: "Do I know what 'rhetorical' means?“
(The Simpsons, "When Grandma Simpson Returns")
Rhetoric
• Rhetorical question - A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected. • The answer may be obvious or
immediately provided by the questioner.
• Rhetoric – the art of persuasion.
Why Learn it?
• Learn to manipulate people effectively.
-=OR=-
• Get your message across more successfully.
(Makes the A grade attainable)
Audience – beliefs, values, knowledge, experience
Writer – Authority, appearance, eloquence, tone
Message – Reasons, evidence, data, information argument
Three Aspects of Your Paper/Speech
Aristotle’s Rhetorical
Triangle
Pathos – Emotion
Ethos – Credibility
Logos – Logic
The art of Persuasion: The Three Appeals
Examples
How to know:Ask yourself these questions
• Are they tugging at your emotions? Pathos• Are they using facts/logics/statistics? Logos• Are they proving themselves
as a reliable source? Ethos
Poster• Split up into four groups
• Group #1: Why your parents should buy you an iPad• Group #2: Why your curfew should be extended
past 11 p.m.
• Group #3: Why you should be allowed to see a Rated-R movie• Group #4: Why we shouldn’t have math homework
tonight
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