Analysis & Reading Map of 'The Marginal World'

Another way Blanco gets ahold of her audience’s attention is through ethos, or credibility. She

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He establishes his credibility by conveying his confidence and authority through his word choices and style of writing. By incorporating the use of real-life examples and factual evidence, Gladwell appeals to logic, which exemplifies his viewpoint of the issue in which he is writing about. Gladwell also draws his readers in by appealing to their emotions, which indicates that he knows what they value. His readers are drawn in by, not only his assimilation of credibility and logic, but his use of emotion as well. By including these aspects, Gladwell conducts a rhetorically effectively argument that draws his readers in and provokes them to stop and consider his point of

Meanwhile, ethos allow the reader to view the author as a trustworthy source and builds the author's credibility. An author can do this in a number of different ways, such as using other credible sources to their advantage or by building common ground with the reader. It is especially important for Gladwell’s audience to trust him, as he is trying to convince them that what they believe about success is wrong.

Knowing this, she takes her experience and uses it to write this piece and uses it to spread her message and her feelings toward the topic.

Shortly after grabbing the reader’s interest through concise summary of her story, Robbins introduces her quirk theory and establishes her credibility through her research. She appeals to her reader through aphorism as she defines the term

Of the three modes of persuasion, ethos, encompasses a person’s credibility. Their credibility is defined by how often then speak truths, if they have good sense, are a morally upstanding person, and their overall goodwill. Sarah Knight is a Cum Laude Harvard English Literature graduate. Simply knowing this can give a positive impression to an audience even before. she has come on stage. She is educated, well spoken, and well versed. The listener could interpret her education and intelligence as a boost to her credibility.

Credibility of an author based on their reputation, fair-mindedness, and sincerity is also known as ethos, which Ehrenreich establishes several times throughout the book to make her

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For instance, Eggers strengthened his ethos, which refers to one’s authority and credibility, by interviewing Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun for their commemoration of events during the Hurricane (Rhetorical Approaches p. 21). By interviewing people who actually experienced and lived through the traumatic events, there is a sense of credibility that can be given to the author. Eggers also added more credibility to himself by including praises at the beginning of the book. The praises offered in the book looks official because they are provided by well-known people and publications. For example, Entertainment Weekly praised the book as “Best Book of the Decade” (Zeitoun), even The New Yorker gave praise stating “Through the story of one man’s experience after Hurricane Katrina, Eggers draws an indelible picture of Bush-era crisis management” (Zeitoun). The New Yorker’s statement about Eggers’ work shows

She asks questions throughout her article, the type of questions that readers often find themselves asking while reading, and then continues to directly answer them. By employing this technique she is able to answer what the audience is potentially thinking about and thereby relating to the audience. This again increases her credibility because it demonstrates that she knows who her audience is and what they want. Also, by asking and answering questions Marcus anticipates that people may not agree with her or need further explanations, demonstrating, again, that she knows her audience. By providing evidence to support her answers, it reveals that she is educated on the

In reality, her writing is filled with meaning and symbolism, hidden in plain sight beneath a seamless narrative

Gay begins building her credibility with personal facts and reputable sources, citing convincing facts, and successfully employing emotional appeals; however, her language was informal and straight to the point , toward the end of the article, her attempts to appeal to readers’ emotions increase her credibility and ultimately,

This appeals to the rhetorical strategy ethos. This helps pull the reader's attention in and makes them believe the claims she is making. Having first hand accounts of this experience allows her article to connect with the readers so they know what she has gone through. The audience can see the author's credibility through this making it more believable. Showing us her side of the story lets us know that these problems are real. Explaining to the audience examples of this in everyday life and language makes the audience feel like something must be done.

To convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character. Ethical appeal; Ethos. “Each year, 2.7 million adoptable dogs and cats are euthanized in the United States, simply because too many pets come into shelters and too few people consider adoption when looking for a new pet. The number of euthanized animals could be changed dramatically if more people adopted pets instead of buying them.” The Humane Society of the United States. Every time you adopt a pet you’re saving it’s life. Now i’m not a very good example as I just bought a dog from a breeder a week ago, but my family has adopted. We had heard of this pitbull mix that was at the Sulphur Springs Animal Shelter. He had only a couple of days left before he was going to be euthanized. My sister, Jamie, is very in love with pitbulls so we went to go check him