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Ethos, Pathos, Logos, and Rhetorical Devices

In Political Speeches
Bill Clinton (3:25)

#1 Putting Bill Clintons speech side by side with Paul Ryan and Mitt Romneys speeches to
highlight their differences is an example of
Repetition
Juxtaposition
Parallelism
Allusion

Julian Castro (4:05)

#2 My fellow Democrats, my fellow Texans, my fellow Americans: I stand before you
tonight as a young American, a proud American, of a generation born as the Cold War
receded, shaped by the tragedy of 9/11, connected by the digital revolution, and
determined to re-elect the man who will make the 21st century another American
century President Barack Obama. Which of the following rhetorical devices are
used in the quotation above?
Metaphor
Repetition
Parallelism
Rhetorical question

#3 What persuasive appeal is being used?
Logical appeal (logos)
Emotional appeal (pathos)
Ethical appeal (ethos)

Explain: __________________________________________________________________________________________

Kal Penn (7:29)

#4 What persuasive appeal is being used?
Logical appeal
Emotional appeal
Ethical appeal

Explain: __________________________________________________________________________________________

#5 What persuasive appeal is being used?
Logical appeal
Emotional appeal
Ethical appeal

Explain: __________________________________________________________________________________________

#6 What persuasive appeal is being used?
Logical appeal
Emotional appeal
Ethical appeal

Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________
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#7 What persuasive appeal is being used?
Logical appeal
Emotional appeal
Ethical appeal

Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________

Jennifer Granholm (10:54)

#8 the dark days, is the American auto industry dead?, and teetered on the edge of
collapse are examples of
Rhetorical questions
Loaded words (words with strong emotional connotations)
Facts
Analogies

#9 But in 2009, the cavalry arrived! This is an example of
Simile
Metaphor
Rhetorical question
Counterargument

#10 He organized a rescue; he made the tough calls, and he saved the American auto
industry. This is an example of
Repetition
Parallel structure
Analogy

#11 What persuasive appeal is being used?
Logical appeal
Emotional appeal
Ethical appeal

Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________

#12 Jennifer Granholm uses a _______________________ as an extended metaphor to describe
how Barack Obama helped America in his first four years as President.

Elizabeth Warren (15:37)

#13 When Elizabeth Warren says, chipped, squeezed, and hammered, she utilizes
Repetition
Parallel structure
Loaded words
Analogy

#14 What persuasive appeal is being used?
Logical appeal
Emotional appeal
Ethical appeal

Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________
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#15 What rhetorical device does Elizabeth Warren use at this point in her speech?
Analogy
Repetition
Rhetorical question

#16 What persuasive appeal is being used?
Logical appeal
Emotional appeal
Ethical appeal

Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________

#17 But he and Paul Ryan would pulverize financial reform, voucherize Medicare, and
vaporize ObamaCare. What rhetorical device is used here?
Repetition
Juxtaposition
Parallel structure
Allusion

#18 For years, families had been tricked by credit cards, fooled by student loans, and
cheated on mortgages. Which TWO rhetorical devices are used here?
Repetition
Loaded words
Parallel structure
Analogy

#19 Elizabeth Warrens use of We are called and Are you ready are both examples of
Repetition
Metaphor
Allusion
Analogy

Sister Simone Campbell (20:47)

#20 What TWO persuasive appeals are being used?
Logical appeal
Emotional appeal
Ethical appeal

Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________

Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________

#21 What persuasive appeal is being used?
Logical appeal
Emotional appeal
Ethical appeal

Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________

#22 I am my brothers keeper is an idea taken from the Bible story of Cain and Abel,
which would make this an example of
Metaphor
Allusion
Analogy
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#23 What TWO persuasive appeals are being used?
Logical appeal
Emotional appeal
Ethical appeal

Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________

Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________

#24 What persuasive appeal is being used?
Logical appeal
Emotional appeal
Ethical appeal

Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________

#25 faith, family, and fairness This is an example of
Allusion
Analogy
Alliteration
Repetition

Condoleeza Rice (25:22)

#26 What persuasive appeal is being used?
Logical appeal
Emotional appeal
Ethical appeal

Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________

#27 The crisis in K-12 education is a threat to the very fabric of who we are contains
Loaded words (words with strong emotional connotations)
Facts
Analogies

#28 When Condoleeza Rice says, If we do anything less, she utilizes
Repetition
Metaphor
Allusion
Juxtaposition

#29 What persuasive appeal is being used?
Logical appeal
Emotional appeal
Ethical appeal

Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________




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#30 What persuasive appeal is being used?
Logical appeal
Emotional appeal
Ethical appeal

Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________
#31 When Condoleeza Rice says, They know who we, she utilizes
Repetition
Metaphor
Allusion
Parallelism

President Barack Obama (31:40)

#32 When the house of cards collapsed in the great recession is an example of
Alliteration
Metaphor
Juxtaposition

#33 What persuasive appeal is being used?
Logical appeal
Emotional appeal
Ethical appeal

Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________

#34 What persuasive appeal is being used?
Logical appeal
Emotional appeal
Ethical appeal

Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________

#35 What is the only crisis worse than this one faced by Franklin D. Roosevelt that
President Obama refers to?
a. World War II
b. The Great Depression
c. The Civil Rights Movement
d. 9/11

#36 What persuasive appeal is being used?
Logical appeal
Emotional appeal
Ethical appeal

Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________

#37 What persuasive appeal is being used?
Logical appeal
Emotional appeal
Ethical appeal

Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________
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#38 When Barack Obama says, No childno familyno company, he utilizes
Alliteration
Parallelism
Juxtaposition

#39 What persuasive appeal is being used?
Logical appeal
Emotional appeal
Ethical appeal

Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________

#40 What persuasive appeal is being used?
Logical appeal
Emotional appeal
Ethical appeal

Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________

#41 What persuasive appeal is being used?
Logical appeal
Emotional appeal
Ethical appeal

Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________