by Corinne Segal
A Fortune study on performance reviews in the tech industry found that words like ‘bossy, abrasive, strident, and aggressive’ appear in reviews of female leaders more frequently than men.
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Question
Use the sentence to answer the question.
Which types of rhetoric does the author use in this sentence? Select the two correct answers.
(1 point)
Responses
inductive reasoning
inductive reasoning
logos
logos
ethos
ethos
pathos
pathos
deductive reasoning
1 answer
The correct answers are:
The author uses logos by presenting a study with specific data about language in performance reviews, which appeals to logic and reason. Ethos is used as the author references a credible source (the Fortune study), which adds authority to the argument being made.
