Directions: Read each quotation from the text. Then identify the type of rhetorical appeal used.

“A 2015 study looked at brothers raised in different families and found that those who grew up in families with more educated parents had IQ scores 4.4 points higher than their siblings raised in more impoverished environments.”


“Surely it is preferable to assume that we can affect intelligence by offering rich educational opportunities to stretch and grow their brains. We may not all develop into Einsteins, but given the right environment, we will surely all develop, and achieve, and succeed.”


“If you assume that the intelligence assigned to you at birth is all you can ever achieve, you are condemning yourself to a life in which your income and happiness are preset as well!”