Transcript Rhetorical Triangle and Primary Appeals

Rhetorical Triangle and
Primary Appeals
Mrs. DiLauro
Academic Writing
The Rhetorical Triangle: SAS
• Subject: What are you talking about or what is the
topic?
• Audience: Who is the target audience? 20 year old girls
from England? This needs to be a specific group.
• Speaker: Who are they? What is their personality like?
Their position? Their background? Etc.
#1
• Subject: Goldfish died
• Audience: A three year old child
• Speaker: You are the parent
#2
• Subject: You’re fired
• Audience: Your co-worker and loyal friend
• Speaker: You are a seventy-five year old man who
lied to save your own job
#3
• Subject: You’ve witness a robbery
• Audience: The police
• Speaker: You are a ninety-five year old woman
who is easily confused
#4
• Subject: You want to ask out your best friend’s ex
boyfriend/girlfriend
• Audience: Your best friend
• Speaker: You are a billionaire who is used to getting what
you want, but you want to keep your friendship
#5
• Subject: You want to run away with the circus
• Audience: Your family
• Speaker: You are a thirty-five year old man with a wife
and two kids
#6
• Subject: You are trying to convince your players to take
ballet lessons
• Audience: A football team
• Speaker: You are the coach, and a former ballet star!
#7
• Subject: You ate the last cookie in a pack of Oreos
• Audience: An angry bear
• Speaker: You are a lone camper who is angry for having
to explain himself to a bear
Back to Ethos, Pathos and Logos: A Review
• Now, you are to write a letter using the THREE primary appeals of
persuasion to convince the principal and the school board that we
should only have school three days a week.
• Make sure the letter is at least three paragraphs long, and that each
paragraph contains ONE major appeal
• Address it correctly and sign it formally