Week 11 Flashcards
Ethos, Pathos, and Logos -- and Mark Twain
A rhetorical device consisting of an appeal to the speaker’s authority or credibility, making the audience more likely to trust them. For example, a famous person might be used to sell a product, even if they don’t have expertise in the product.
ethos
A rhetorical device consisting of an appeal to the audience’s emotions, trying to make the audience feel angry, sympathetic, or some other emotion. This can be done by using vivid language, metaphors, or personal stories.
pathos
A rhetorical device consisting of an appeal to the audience’s reason, building up logical arguments. This can be done by using facts and statistics, and making clear, logical connections between ideas.
logos
Noun; A person’s usual mood or temperament; I have been scientifically studying the traits and ~~~ of the “lower animals”; She has a cheerful ~~~ and always smiles.
disposition
Noun; The act of rising or climbing up; …to the Darwinian theory of the ~~~ of Man from the Lower Animals; The hikers began their ~~~ up the mountain.
ascent
Noun; The act of moving downward; decline; …this new and truer one to be named the ~~~ of Man from the Higher Animals; The plane began its ~~~ to the airport.
descent
Verb; To satisfy or calm someone by giving them what they want; …in order to partially ~~~ that appetite; The mother gave the child a toy to ~~~ him.
appease
Adjective; Horrifyingly wicked; …privileged by ~~~ laws which the others were allowed no hand in making; The crime was so ~~~ that everyone was shocked.
atrocious
Verb; To confirm or prove something is true; Thus I ~~~ and established each step of my course; The teacher will ~~~ if the answers are correct.
verify
Adjective; Having extreme greed for wealth; He is ~~~ and miserly; they are not; The ~~~ man wanted all the money for himself.
avaricious
ethos
A rhetorical device consisting of an appeal to the speaker’s authority or credibility, making the audience more likely to trust them. For example, a famous person might be used to sell a product, even if they don’t have expertise in the product.
pathos
A rhetorical device consisting of an appeal to the audience’s emotions, trying to make the audience feel angry, sympathetic, or some other emotion. This can be done by using vivid language, metaphors, or personal stories.
logos
A rhetorical device consisting of an appeal to the audience’s reason, building up logical arguments. This can be done by using facts and statistics, and making clear, logical connections between ideas.
disposition
Noun; A person’s usual mood or temperament; I have been scientifically studying the traits and ~~~ of the “lower animals”; She has a cheerful ~~~ and always smiles.
ascent
Noun; The act of rising or climbing up; …to the Darwinian theory of the ~~~ of Man from the Lower Animals; The hikers began their ~~~ up the mountain.
