English Rhetorical Appeals

Question 1

Ethos?

Answer 1

All about the character

Question 2

Pathos?

Answer 2

All about emotion

Question 3

Logos

Answer 3

Backed up with evidence and logic

Question 4

Anecdote

Answer 4

Describing the sotry of what happened instead of just a statement

Question 5

Example of an Anecdote

Answer 5

Paige is a bad driver vs Paige crashed into a tree causing her to be a bad driver

Question 6

Euphemism

Answer 6

Making the situation or word harsher

Question 7

Example of Euphemism

Answer 7

downsize vs. fire everyone

Question 8

Parallelism

Answer 8

Same pattern to make words flow

Question 9

Anaphora

Answer 9

Same words repeated in a pattern. (also a form of parallelism)

Question 10

Charged Language

Answer 10

Using more detailed/ stronger words to appeal audiance.

Question 11

Antithisis

Answer 11

Two contrasting ideas in a sentence