# Rhetoric: ethos, pathos, logos

> Grade 9: ethos (trust), pathos (emotion), logos (logic and evidence), rhetorical devices in speeches, anaphora and antithesis.

Source: https://olyclass.com/library/language-g9-rhetoric-en/

- Subject: Reading & writing
- Level: Grade 9
- Practice: 16
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## Questions

1. Which appeal is based on the speaker's credibility and character? (Ethos / Kairos / Logos / Pathos)
   Answer: Ethos
2. A doctor opens a talk by saying, "I have treated children for twenty years." Which appeal is this? (Antithesis / Ethos / Logos / Pathos)
   Answer: Ethos
3. Ethos persuades an audience by showing the speaker is trustworthy and knowledgeable.
   Answer: True
4. Which appeal aims mainly to make the audience feel something? (Ethos / Logos / Pathos / Syntax)
   Answer: Pathos
5. Which sentence relies mostly on pathos? (I am a vet with fifteen years of experience. / If we build more shelters, fewer animals will be homeless. / Imagine a lonely puppy shivering in the cold, waiting for someone to care. / Studies show 70% of shelter dogs are adopted within a month.)
   Answer: Imagine a lonely puppy shivering in the cold, waiting for someone to care.
6. Telling a moving personal story to make listeners feel sympathy is an example of logos.
   Answer: False
7. Which appeal uses facts, statistics and reasoning? (Anaphora / Ethos / Logos / Pathos)
   Answer: Logos
8. Which is the strongest example of logos? (Everyone surely loves libraries, so you will too. / Library visits rose 40% after opening hours were extended, so longer hours help. / Think of the sad faces of children without books. / Trust me, I am a very good person.)
   Answer: Library visits rose 40% after opening hours were extended, so longer hours help.
9. A speaker asks, "Who will stand up for our future?" without expecting an answer. What device is this? (Alliteration / Anaphora / Antithesis / Rhetorical question)
   Answer: Rhetorical question
10. A speaker says "Safe, strong, and smart" as a list of three. What is this device called? (Anaphora / Antithesis / Rule of three / Simile)
   Answer: Rule of three
11. "We will work. We will learn. We will win." Which device repeats "We will"? (Anaphora / Antithesis / Hyperbole / Irony)
   Answer: Anaphora
12. "United we stand, divided we fall." Which device is used? (Anaphora / Antithesis / Onomatopoeia / Personification)
   Answer: Antithesis
13. Antithesis places contrasting ideas close together, as in "easy to start, hard to finish".
   Answer: True
14. What is the term for repeating the same word at the start of successive sentences?
   Answer: Anaphora
15. Which device is "To err is human; to forgive, divine"?
   Answer: Antithesis
16. A speech uses a shocking statistic and a chart to prove a point. Which appeal is that?
   Answer: Logos