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