What is pathos and how can you use it effectively in your

persuasive speech?

What will be an ideal response?


Pathos is appeal to emotion. You can generate pathos by using narratives and
examples. It is important not to use pathos alone, but to pair it with logos.

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According to Duck’s Relationship Filtering Model, people pay attention to cues about others in the following sequence:

a. attitudes/personality, roles, behavior, physical appearance b. roles, behavior, physical appearance, attitudes/personality c. behavior, physical appearance, attitudes/personality, roles d. physical appearance, behavior, roles, attitudes/personality

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Older books that are still under copyright, but have unknown authors are called?

a. Trade books b. Print-on-demand books c. Backlisted books d. Orphaned books

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Mongkut wants to make it easy for his audience to listen to his informative speech on physics. He therefore decides to analyze the physics of Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, discussing how fast reindeer can fly relative to the number of children needing gifts. Which of the following is Mongkut doing to increase his chances of keeping his audience engaged?

A. Keep it short. B. Make it fun. C. Keep it simple. D. Repeat key points.

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____________________ refers to the number, abstractness, and elaborateness of constructs we use to perceive phenomena

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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