Rhetorical Appeals –
Find evidence and evaluate its impact
“Supreme Court to Rule on Executing Young Killers”
1) Logos Example: “The plummeting number of such
death sentences – there were two last year – lends
weight to the argument that putting youths on death
row amounts to cruel and unusual punishment”
(Liptak 4). This is a logical argument against the
idea of treating juveniles as adults. It implies that
most jurors refuse to apply the death penalty to
juveniles because they feel that the punishment is
too severe for someone who is not yet fully mature.
Rhetorical Appeals –
Find evidence and evaluate its impact
“Supreme Court to Rule on Executing
Young Killers”
Now you find EX + CM for Pathos and
Ethos in the article:
2) Pathos: (emotional arguments and loaded
words)
3) Ethos: (evidence from a credible source,
such as a judge or attorney)
Rhetorical Appeals –
Find evidence and evaluate its impact:
“Kids are Kids – Until They Commit Crimes”
1.Logos: (logical arguments, such as
statistics)
2.Pathos: (emotional arguments and
loaded words)
3.Ethos: (evidence from a credible
source, such as a judge or attorney)