2.4.21 - Spoken Persuasion

• language arts
• 12th Grade

Which rhetorical appeal is related to the speaker's credibility?

1. Pathos
2. Ethos
3. Logos
4. Crethos

Which rhetorical appeal is related to the audience's emotions?

1. Ethos
2. Logos
3. Egos
4. Pathos

Which rhetorical appeal is related to facts/statistics/reasoning?

1. Pegos
2. Ethos
3. Logos
4. Pathos

Revised Rant

Go back to yesterday's "Rant It Out" discussion board. Find your post and click "Edit." Beneath your rant (DON'T DELETE ANYTHING), rewrite your rant as if you're trying to persuade people to make a change. *Remember: Your audience is people who would disagree with you or people who are part of the "problem."

1. Style:  Layer in at least one style device to make your rant more persuasive (Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, Asyndeton, Polysyndeton, Anaphora, Anadiplosis, Epanalepsis, Epistrophe, Onomatopoeia, Allusion). BOLD anywhere you use a style device.
2. Rhetorical Appeals: Layer in credibility, logic, AND emotional appeal (give it your best shot) to make your rant more persuasive. Underline these new contributions.

What can speaking do that writing cannot?

"Every Kid Needs a Champion" 

- Rita Pierson

Watch the TedTalk on the next slide and answer the questions that follow.

00:41

(Ethos) How did Ms. Pierson establish her credibility?

00:56

(Style)
1. Which form of repetition did Ms. Pierson just use? Anadiplosis, Anaphora, Epistrophe, or Epanalepsis?
2. Which sentence structure did she use in her list? Polysyndeton or Asyndeton?

(Pathos) What emotions do you think she brought out of her audience (humor, sadness, anger, happiness, hope, etc.), and how did she do it?

Who is Ms. Pierson's audience?

What was Ms. Pierson trying to achieve with this speech?

What made Ms. Pierson an effective speaker?

Practice!

On each of the following six slides is a video of a type of spoken persuasion. CHOOSE ONE. After watching your chosen video, answer the question on Slide 24.

In the textbox below, analyze the speaker's style, audience, purpose, and rhetorical appeals (ethos, logos, pathos).