Week 14: Persuasive Speech — Ethos, Pathos, Logos (outline pending)
Week of Mon, Nov 16 · week closes Sun, Nov 22
This week's items
- Week 14 reading — Persuasive Speakingpoints in Canvas
- Ethos-Pathos-Logos in Action activitypoints in Canvas
- Ethos-Pathos-Logos Planner (scaffold)points in Canvas
Exact due times are in Canvas.
Read this week
Know these cold
- Define persuasion and distinguish it from coercion and manipulation.
- Explain Aristotle's three modes of persuasion: ethos (credibility), pathos (emotion), logos (logic/evidence).
- Describe the four types of evidence: statistics, examples, testimony, and narrative.
- Identify logical fallacies: ad hominem, false cause, slippery slope, bandwagon, appeal to authority.
- Explain how to structure a persuasive speech: Monroe's Motivated Sequence (Attention, Need, Satisfaction, Visualization, Action).
- Describe direct vs. indirect persuasive approaches and when each is most effective.
- Explain how audience attitude (hostile, neutral, sympathetic) shapes persuasive strategy.
- Use the Ethos-Pathos-Logos Planner to map your Persuasive Speech appeals.
Meerk's quiz — open the Week 14 gate
10 questions, no time limit. 85% on your first attempt in a 24-hour window opens the gate. Retakes inside the window are practice — they help you learn, they don't count. Work alone; the point is to know it, not to have seen it.
Stuck?
Raise your hand. Mr. James gets a message right away and can help you remotely. Nothing else is stored — just your last name, grade, and where you're stuck.
Dinner Table Question
Ask at home: Think of an advertisement, speech, or conversation that recently changed your mind or moved you. Which appeal — ethos, pathos, or logos — was doing the most work?
En español: Piensa en un anuncio, discurso o conversación que recientemente te cambió de opinión o te conmovió. ¿Cuál de los recursos — ethos, pathos o logos — estaba haciendo más trabajo?