Topic:
Identify the claim.
What type of evidence is shown through each quotation?“. . . 9.6% of US residents, or 31.1 million people, lacked health insurance.”
What makes each piece of evidence effective?“. . . 9.6% of US residents, or 31.1 million people, lacked health insurance, according to the National Health Interview Survey . . .”
Which type of appeal is used in each quotation?“I have been a doctor for nearly ten years.”
“The worst case was a patient who died as a direct result of a toothache.”
What makes this appeal convincing?“I have been a doctor for nearly ten years.”
What makes this appeal convincing?“The worst case was a patient who died as a direct result of a toothache.”
Which of the following sentences use ethos or pathos to appeal to emotions? Check all that are correct.
Which type of evidence does this passage use?
Identify the claim.
Which counterargument is addressed here?
The statement “Government regulation, job loss, and the ever-present problem of how to pay for universal health care are factors this country is not prepared to surmount” is what part of the overall argument?
What counterargument is addressed?
What argument does the author use to prove that the counterargument is flawed?
Complete the sentences.The concluding paragraph appeals to ethos by referencing
Audience:
Identify a reason that supports the claim.
What elements did you include in your answer? Check any of the boxes that apply.
“My brother Bob knows all about this risk . . .”
“My brother Bob knows all about this risk.”
What would make the paragraph more objective and effective? Check all of the boxes that apply.
Which rhetorical appeal does this anecdote mainly use?
Identify the reason.
Check any that you included in your response.
What is the solution to the counterargument?
Which of the following possible answers did you include? Check any that you mentioned.
What is the first reason the author addresses?
The statistical evidence that health care costs over $6,000 per person uses which rhetorical appeal?
The conclusion appeals to pathos by referencing .
The conclusion appeals to logos by claiming that universal health care .
Which of the following answers did you include? Check any that you mentioned.
Which statements describe your thesis?
Identify evidential support.
What type of evidence does the phrase “The United States is currently ranked thirty-seventh by the World Health Organization” present?
What is the most important evidential support?
Purpose:
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