Read the passage given below and answer the questions that
follow:
Persuasion is the art of convincing someone to agree with your point of view.
According to the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, there are three basic tools of
persuasion : ethos, pathos and logos.
Ethos is a speaker's way of convincing the audience that he/she is a credible
source. Pathos is the speaker's way of connecting with an audience's emotions. Logos
is the use of facts, information, statistics, or other evidence to make his/her argument
more convincing.
Although ethos, pathos and logos - all have their strength, they are often most
effective when they are used together. Indeed' most speakers use a cornhination of
ethos, pathos and logos to persuade their audience.
10. Find out the word from the passage which means'able to be believed'.
I I . According to the passage, the most eff'ective tool of persuasion is
12. Define persuaslon.
13. Give a suitable title to the passage.
Answers
10. A word that means 'able to be believed' - convincing.
11. According to the passage, the most effective tool of persuasion is the combination of ethos, pathos and logos, which were stated by the ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle. Although all three have their own special advantages, the passage states that the art of persuasion is most effective when all three tools are used.
12. Persuasion is the act of convincing someone to do/believe something. It is similar to the act of coaxing.
13. 'Persuasion and its tools'
Answer:
★ Given Passage :
➲ Persuasion is the art of convincing someone to agree with your point of view.
According to the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, there are three basic tools of persuasion : ethos, pathos and logos.
Ethos is a speaker's way of convincing the audience that she/he is a credible source.
Pathos is the speaker's way of connecting with an audience's emotions.
Logos is the use of facts, information, statistics, it other evidence to make his/her argument more convincing.
Although ethos, pathos and logos to persuade their audience.
★ Question :
10) Find out the word from the passage which means 'able to be believed' ?
11) According to the passage, the most effective tool of persuasion is ?
12) Define Persuasion ?
13) Give a suitable tittle to the passage ?
★ Answer :
10) The word from the passage which means 'able to be believed' is convincing.
11) According to the question, the most effective tool of persuasion is ethos, pathos and logos.
↦ Ethos - Ethos is the speaker's way of convincing the audience that the person is a credible source.
↦ Pathos - Pathos is the speaker's way of convincing with an audience's emotions.
↦ Logos - Logos is the facts, information, statistics. It is also help in to other evidence to make the person argument more convincing.
12) Persuasion is the art of convincing someone to agree with ours points of view.
13) The suitable tittle for this passage is 'The persuasion and the different types of tools' .