Rhetorical Appeals: Fresh Take

  • Recognize appeals to logos (logic)
  • Use the STAR method to evaluate appeals to logos
  • Recognize appeals to pathos (emotion)
  • Recognize appeals to ethos (credibility)
  • Differentiate between types of rhetorical appeals

Rhetorical Appeals

This video explains the three rhetorical appeals you can use in an argument: ethos, logos, and pathos.

You can view the transcript for “Ethos, Pathos, Logos: Explanation and Class Activity” here (opens in new window).

Watch this video to see one student share an analysis of ethos, pathos, and logos in an article he read for class.
You can view the transcript for “Analyze This: Modes of Persuasion” here (opens in new window).