Question

Read this excerpt:

The chemical, which, by the way, cut down the number of mosquitoes exponentially, had the unfortunate side effect of killing off this little wasp I've got the scientific name for it somewhere in my report here, if you're interested that preyed on a type of caterpillar that in turn ate palm leaves. T. Coraghessan Boyle, "Top of the Food Chain" This excerpt from "Top of the Food Chain" is an example of which type of appeal?


A. Pathos

B. Logos

C. Ethical

D. Unreliable

Answer 1

The correct answer is the following: option B. The excerpt from "Top of the Food Chain" is an example of a Logos type of appeal. Aristotle"s modes of persuasion are known as rhetorical appeals. There are 3 types of rhetorical appeals; Logos, Pathos and Ethos. Pathos is the appeal to emotion, Ethos the appeal to ethics and Logos the appeal to logic. The excerpt is an example of Logos, as the narrator is trying to persuade his audience by giving them facts using reason.