Ethos, Pathos, Logos – Persuasive Techniques Mini Unit with Learning Activities

Help students master the art of persuasion with this engaging and practical mini unit focused on ethos, pathos, and logos. Designed for secondary English classrooms, this resource breaks down rhetorical appeals into clear, accessible concepts while giving students plenty of opportunities to apply their learning.

Perfect for introducing persuasive techniques or reinforcing analysis skills, this pack combines explicit instruction with interactive activities to build confidence in both reading and writing persuasive texts.

What’s Included:
Clear explanations of ethos, pathos, and logos with student-friendly examples
Interactive learning activities to identify and analyse rhetorical appeals
Practice tasks using speeches, advertisements, and short texts
Creative tasks where students apply persuasive techniques in their own writing
Graphic organisers to support understanding and analysis
Visual infographic/poster summarising key concepts for classroom display
You can:
Convert to PowerPoint: Upload the PDF to PowerPoint (File → Open) and it will automatically convert to slides.
Use in Google Slides: Upload the PDF to Google Drive, right-click, and open with Google Slides.
Use digitally or print: Upload the PDF to your LMS (Google Classroom, Canvas, etc.) or print it for handouts.
You could also use Canva to upload the PDF and convert and save as a PowerPoint