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Just the right rhetoric: logical appeals
learNING sTraTeGIes:
Close Reading, Marking the Text, Paraphrasing, Note-taking
literary Terms
Rhetoric is the language a writer or speaker uses to
persuade an audience.
My Notes
Learning Target
• Identify a writer’s use of counterclaims and rhetorical appeals and analyze their effectiveness.
• Compare and contrast a written speech to a film or audio version.
Rhetorical Appeals
You have learned about claims, reasons, and evidence as important elements of effective arguments.
Rhetoric is the art of using words to persuade in writing or speaking. Writers find interesting ways to use just the right words that appeal to their audience in order to convince them.
Rhetorical appeals can strengthen an argument by appealing to logic (logos), emotions (pathos), or a sense of right and wrong (ethos).
Let’s look more closely at the appeal of logos, or logic, as a way to build and strengthen an argument. Logos is one of the most important appeals in an effective argument because of its use of facts and logic to build relevant and valid reasoning.
Paraphrase the definition of logos:
Preview
In this activity, you will read two well-known speeches by women leaders. Then you will analyze the speeches for use of rhetorical appeals.
Setting a Purpose for Reading
• As you read the speeches, mark the text with “L” for logos when you notice a statistic, fact, or example.
• Circle unknown words and phrases. Try to determine the meaning of the words by using context clues, word parts, or a dictionary.
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