Ethos Pathos Logos Worksheets

About this resource

Teaching ethos, pathos and logos and need worksheets students can actually write on? This set covers the three rhetorical appeals in plain language. Each appeal gets a definition, clue words, three invented examples, a question to ask and a caution. Students then name the appeal, tell look-alikes apart, spot appeals in invented ads, headlines, posts, letters and speeches, rewrite an ad to use a different appeal, pick apart two short speeches, plan a speech of their own, take a quiz and cut and sort. Answer keys name the best answer for every item. Printable, no prep.

EVERYTHING INSIDE (42 pages)

• 26 student pages in 15 types of page, each with a name line and one short instruction
• 73 scored items on 17 scored pages, every one keyed to the appeal it was written to show
• A rhetorical triangle notes page, with 4 sentences to name
• 3 appeal guide pages: ethos, pathos and logos, each with a definition, clue words, 3 invented examples, a question to ask and a caution
• 1 notes organizer with a box to write, a box for the words that give it away, a box for an example and a box to draw, for each appeal
• 12 name-the-appeal passages across three pages, each with a word bank and a "how I know" box
• 4 tell-them-apart pairs (ethos or logos, pathos or ethos, and more)
• 8 mixed-practice scenes drawn from invented ads and speeches
• 6 rewrite-the-ad items with a ruled box to rewrite in: keep the idea, change the appeal
• 6 invented ads, headlines, posts, letters and speeches to spot, with room to point to the words that give each one away
• 2 speech-analysis organizers, each with a six-sentence invented speech or letter
• 1 plan-a-persuasive-speech page
• 12-item quiz, 4 of each appeal; 3 exit tickets; 1 write-your-own page; 1 self check
• 18 cut-and-paste pieces on 3 sort mats (6 sorted into ethos, pathos and logos, 6 more ads and posts sorted the same way, and 6 sorted into fair or weak use)
• 3 answer keys; 1 tracker, 1 class grid, 1 team note, 1 family page
• 1 filled example (an invented student), 1 phrase bank (17 starters in 6 groups)
• a binder cover and a divider-tab sheet (5 tabs and a spine label)
• Start Here and a how-to-read-a-page page

Built For The Student Holding The Page

A "My name" line, one short instruction with a small picture cue, and a plain scalloped border. Nothing on a student page is written for an adult: the keys and records are on separate teacher pages. Work boxes are ruled and give real room to explain. Clip art is kept to an award certificate, a heart, a lightbulb, a microphone and a pencil. The file prints clean in black and white.

Invented Examples

Every passage, ad, headline, brand, post, speech and person is made up for practice, and the pages say so. The filled example names an invented student. No real quotation, statistic or news story is used.

Type In, Or Print

The name line, every answer box, every check box and every ruled work box are type-in fields in any PDF reader: click one, type, then save. This is a fillable PDF; it is not a Google Slides or PowerPoint file.

What This Is, And What It Is Not

An ethos, pathos and logos practice set with the record-keeping around it. It is not a timed test, a screener, a clinical tool, or a claim about any student's age or rate of progress. There is no IEP goal language or eligibility wording anywhere in the file. Write your own state or district standard on the line provided on the tracker.

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