Ethos, Pathos, Logos in Advertisements and Famous Speeches

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Definitions: Match the term to its definition. Pathos An appeal to emotions Ethos An appeal to ethics and authority Logos An appeal to logic and reasoning Rhetoric The art of persuasive speaking and writing Sort the sentences into their correct category. Pathos By donating only fifty cents a day, you can help give a child clean drinking water. Smoking around kids is dangerous because the defenseless children are exposed to dangerous chemicals that can lead to coughing and difficulty breathing and could even lead to deadly asthma attacks. Logos Michael Jordan is better than LeBron James because Jordan won six championships and James has only won two. Nearly 25% of all car accidents are caused by drivers using cell phones while driving. Since my little brother has to start school before me, I should let him shower first. Ethos The Centers for Disease Control recommends getting a flu vaccine each fall. My coach suggested I cross-train on Sundays to work different muscle groups. Listerine is recommended most by dental professionals. "The Trouble with Television" Match the example from the text with its persuasive appeal. Logos "If you fit the statistical averages, by the age of 20 you will have been exposed to at least 20,000 hours of television." Ethos "Some years ago Yale University law professor Charles L. Black wrote..." Pathos "There is a crisis of literacy in this country." Abraham LincolnIdentify if the excerpt uses ethos, pathos, and logos. Click on the audio button to listen to the excerpt.“Now, therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief, of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January…”- Emancipation Proclamation, President Abraham Lincoln Ethos Pathos Logos Barack Obama Identify if the excerpt uses ethos, pathos, and logos.“Ford is investing billions in U.S. plants and factories. And together, the entire industry added nearly 160,000 jobs.”-2012 State of the Union, Barack Obama Ethos Pathos Logos Martin Luther King Jr. Identify if the excerpt uses ethos, pathos, and logos."I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.“- I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King, Jr. Ethos Pathos Logos Malala Yousafzai Identify if the excerpt uses ethos, pathos, and logos. Click on the audio button to listen to the excerpt.“Peace is necessary for education. In many parts of the world especially Pakistan and Afghanistan; terrorism, wars and conflicts stop children to go to their schools. We are really tired of these wars. Women and children are suffering in many parts of the world in many ways. In India, innocent and poor children are victims of child labour. Many schools have been destroyed in Nigeria.”-Speech at the Youth Takeover of the United Nations, Malala Yousafzai Ethos Pathos Logos 1. Determine the speaker's claim (what they are trying to prove) in your own words.2. Identify if the excerpt uses ethos, pathos, and logos and provide evidence to support your response.“How does one determine whether a law is just or unjust? A just law is a man made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas: An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law. Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust. All segregation statutes are unjust because segregation distorts the soul and damages the personality. It gives the segregator a false sense of superiority and the segregated a false sense of inferiority.”-Letter from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr. Use these sentence stems to help you analyze the speech excerpt:Martin Luther King Jr. was claiming that...Martin Luther King Jr. believed that...The speaker uses ethos when he says...