English 10 Honors Day 7

- Objectives:- To apply understanding of rhetorical devices such as

persuasive appeals

Homework: 10 Steps

Grade chapter 2 practices

Review Tests= homework

School’s Out for the Summer

Compare and discuss your notes and writings with a partner.

Turn in the full sheet of paper with all 4 writings on it.

Ethos, Pathos, and Logos

Look at the definitions on the worksheet provided. ◦Pay attention not only to the definition but also the

commonly used strategies.

On the worksheet, identify an example of each from an article we’ve previously read. Be sure to include a citation with your example.

Complete ONE of the quickwrites on the

worksheet persuading your teacher not to give you homework tonight. ◦Evens= pathos Odds= logos face cards = ethos

Using Rhetorical Appeals

Pick ONE of the two following prompts. Write a short essay answering the prompts in

which you use ethos, pathos, and logos.◦Consider your audience and the format that is most

likely to convince that audience (i.e. a formal letter, speech, editorial article, etc.).

Option 1: You arrive home 20 minutes past curfew and your parent/guardian decides to ground you for 2 weeks as punishment. Persuade him/her to change his/her mind.

Option 2: Your community recreation center could sponsor free lunches for children and teenagers during the summer but does not currently do so. Write an essay in which you convince the director to sponsor free lunches for those children who need them.

Types of Appeals: Logos

Logos ◦ Logical ◦ Uses inductive or deductive reasoning by citing statistics, facts,

experts, and evidence◦ Be rational and give statistics and/or commonly held beliefs;

refer to experts and facts that can be supported◦ When using this type of argument, offer audience examples that

are similar to this subject and convince them to draw the conclusion you want.

◦ Review the articles we’ve read recently and identify one

example of logos.

Logos Quickwrite: ◦ You arrive home 20 minutes past curfew and your

parent/guardian decides to ground you for 2 weeks as punishment. Persuade him/her to change his/her mind using logos.

Types of Appeals: Ethos

Ethos ◦ Ethical ◦ Speaker establishes self as trustworthy and respectful of audience ◦ Speaker shows he/she is trustworthy and care deeply about the

situation and its effect on him/her◦ Speaker demonstrates he/she has taken time to research topic,

establishing credibility

Review the articles we’ve read recently and identify one example of ethos.

Ethos Quickwrite: ◦ You arrive home 20 minutes past curfew and your parent/guardian

decides to ground you for 2 weeks as punishment. Persuade him/her to change his/her mind using ethos.

Types of Appeals: Pathos

Pathos ◦ Emotional ◦ Appeal to emotions of audience by describing in detail the

effect of a particular situation ◦ Often uses stories with lots of details to provoke emotion◦ Create a sense of pity, anger, fear, or other emotion in

audience

Review the articles we’ve read recently and identify one example of pathos.

Pathos Quickwrite: ◦ You arrive home 20 minutes past curfew and your

parent/guardian decides to ground you for 2 weeks as punishment. Persuade him/her to change his/her mind using pathos.

Arguing for Justice

Your community recreation center could sponsor free lunches for children and teenagers during the summer but does not currently do so. Using the appeals of logos, ethos, and pathos, write an essay in which you convince the director to sponsor free lunches for those children who need them. As you write the essay, think of the context of the audience (the director) and how best to organize the essay and present your argument to achieve your desired result.◦To help, you may want to use the SMELL strategy.

There’s an example on page 228.