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Using Rhetoric
and Persuading an
Audience
Need: Binder, SB text, and a highlighter
What is rhetoric?
Turn to page 65 in your SB text to
find out!

Rhetoric-The use of words to
persuade either in writing or speech

Rhetorical Appeals-Emotional,
ethical, and logical appeals used to
try to persuade an audience to
agree with the writer or speaker
The Rhetorical Triangle
It is helpful to think of the
rhetorical appeals as a triangle

Logos – TEXT – What information, evidence, and logical
reasoning are offered within the text?

Pathos – AUDIENCE – What values, beliefs, and emotions
are appealed to within the text? How does the text
evoke the audience’s feelings?

Ethos – SPEAKER – What perception of the speaker is
created within the text? How does the text evoke the
audience’s trust?
Need more description of
rhetorical appeals?

Pathos (Emotional Appeals): Attempt to
persuade the reader or listener by
appealing to the senses and emotions
 Political
Ads-politicians kiss babies or
shake hands with the elderly
 Vivid
Sensory Detail
 Awaken
the senses and possibly
manipulate the emotions of the
audience
Types cont’d

Ethos (Ethical Appeals): Attempt to persuade
the reader or listener by focusing on the
qualifications or character of the speaker.

Speaker’s credibility is a large part of the
ethical appeal.

Focus more on the speaker over the
situation itself.
 ie:
Experts or Celebrity Endorsements
of Products
 ie:
Teen’s argument that he or she
should be allowed to do something
because he or she has never been in
trouble.
Type #3

Logos (Logical Appeals): Attempt to
persuade readers or listeners by leading
them down the road of logic.
 Allows
audience to draw their own
conclusions.
 State
facts and show how the facts are
interrelated
 If/them
statements are examples
Take a look at page 66 in your
SB text

For number 1:
1.
Read each example
2.
Write the part of the rhetorical
triangle in which each would fit.
Take a look at page 66 in your
SB text

For number 2:
1. Write your own examples for each
part of the rhetorical triangle
Persuasion vs. Argument

What do think the difference is between
persuasion and argument? Which appeals
go where?
Persuasion – relies more on the speaker’s or
writer’s credibility (ethos) and on the
emotional appeals made to the audience
(pathos)
Argument – relies on reason and logical
appeals (logos)
Try it out…
 Which
part of the rhetorical
triangle should be emphasized
if you want to convince your
audience of the validity of your
claim? Respond on page 66.
As you read the following
speech by President Barack
Obama, mark the text for
examples of logos, ethos, and
pathos!
Page 67 in your SB text
SMELL
SMELL what? Check out page 71
in your SB text!

S – Sender

M – Message

E – Emotional Strategies

L – Logical strategies

L – Language
Use the hints and questions on page 71 to complete the
SMELL organizer on page 72. Think about how President
Obama uses the different rhetorical appeals to persuade his
audience. Include specific quotes and textual evidence to
answer the questions in the graphic organizer.