Rhetorical Appeals

"My three decades of experience in public service and my tireless commitment to the people of this community will make me a great choice for your mayor. Which Rhetorical Appeal is this?

Which Rhetorical Appeal? Better men than us have fought and died to preserve this great nation. Now is our turn to return the favor. For God and country, gentlemen!

He knows dinosaur fossils. He's been the leading paleontology researcher for 20 years. Which Rhetorical Appeal is this?

There are 3.499 billion active social media users. Which Rhetorical Appeal is this an example of?

Sometimes doing the right thing has consequences.

If you decide not to come to Thanksgiving, it will break your grandmother's heart. Which Rhetorical Appeal is this?

How might an author establish pathos?

Which Rhetorical Appeal? The science has been test hundreds of times, and the results always check out.

If you really want to change the world, spread your wings and ask if anyone else could use a feather or two.

What's the claim in a persuasive piece?

What is Ethos?

When I was in high school, I had this teacher, Mr. Williams...

It flipped and flopped and flapped, gasping, inflating, deflating, dying in front of us.

According to one study, teenagers said that the #1 negative thing about social media is that it effects their sleep. Which Rhetorical Appeal is this?

If my years as a sandwich artist taught me anything, it's that the pickles always go on top. Which Rhetorical Appeal is this?

What is Logos?

Which Rhetorical Appeal? History has shown time and again that absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Which Rhetorical Appeal? You'll make the right decision because you have something that not many people do: you have heart.

Your ELA teacher, the one with the college degree and 15 years experience, says you should do your work unless you want an F, in which case you will fail and all your friends will move on to senior year, and you'll be stuck here alone. 

What is Pathos?

Which Rhetorical Appeal? They build these race cars to explode on impact because it takes G forces away from the driver, makes it safer for him.

Ken Fox had a best friend, Steve Dawson, who can't eat now and can't sleep and can't forget about the day he went to a car race and everybody sitting around him left in body bags.

Ken Fox was somebody. He was 38, with a seven-year-old son, Christopher, who walked by his casket and left a little note with big sloppy letters. I love you, Daddy.

If you're still unsure, please consider that my advanced degree and fieldwork speak for themselves. Which Rhetorical Appeal?