<p>I'm really bad at spotting non-ethos, logos,pathos. Could someone give me some useful rhetorical strategies that usually come up on the exam? Thanks.</p>
<p>Those are the most common. You definitely need to know them.</p>
<p>Ethos - ethics… how authoritative is somebody (i.e. are they qualified to make the judgments/assertions that they are?).
Pathos - emotions. Think of it as the “PATH to somebody’s heart”. You try to evoke emotion, sentiment, passion.
Logos - LOGic. Stats, figures, facts, etc. Easiest one to remember.</p>
<p>The best way to get better at identifying them is practice reading various passages (perhaps past FRQs) and student responses to them.</p>