The Argumentative Appeals:

Persuasive Appeals to Support Claims and Respond

to Counterclaims/Counterargu

mentsDelacruz

2014

RHETORICAL WEB Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the

available means of persuasion.—Aristotle

SOAPSTone

LOGOS: appeal to audience’s reasoning or logic

PATHOS: appeal to audience’s emotions

ETHOS: appeal to audience’s “ethical” desire to believe in the author’s credibility Aristotle’s

Appeals for Argumentative

Writing

LOGOS: appeal to audience’s reasoning or logic

(A B C) EXAMPLE:

ANALYSIS:

ETHOS: appeal to audience’s “ethical” desire to believe in the

author’s credibility/appeal to audience’s trust in the speaker

EXAMPLE:

ANALYSIS:

PATHOS: appeal to audience’s emotions

EXAMPLE:

ANALYSIS:

ARGUMENT = CONVERSATIONS