Rhetorical Strategies and Motivational Appeals

Ethos, Pathos, Logos

As you watch the video on iLearn “Explaining Ethos, Pathos, Logos,”

take notes, and respond to the following questions:

1. What is the definition of ethos and how might we incorporate ethos

into our arguments?

2. What is the definition of pathos and how might we incorporate pathos

into our arguments?

3. What is the definition of logos and how might we incorporate logos

into our arguments?
Watch Clint Smith’s TEDTalk “The Danger of Silence,” take notes, and
respond to the following questions:

1. What is the speaker’s message, purpose, call to action?

2. How does the speaker incorporate ethos?

3. How does the speaker incorporate pathos?

4. How does the speaker incorporate logos?

Application: review your argument planning worksheet and make notes

where you have already incorporated ethos, pathos, logos OR make notes
where and how you will use ethos, pathos, logos to persuade your
audience.