Gail Collins Ethos Pathos Logos

Pathos is the emotional appeal to an audience, and most can agree that October holds an emotional rollercoaster of a holiday. We see horror movies not only terrorize the character’s feelings but also the audiences’. (A brief PSA) Pathos includes but is not limited to, argument ad verecundiam, argument ad populum, emotional Imagery, hypothetical Illustrations, and overall emotional appeals.

This picture taken by Barbara Davidson in Los Angeles on December 29,2010 depicts the true reality of the environment that the people in Los Angeles were living in. The photo informs audiences that many families were victims caught in the crossfire of the gang violence that erupted within the city. The victim in this picture is a young man still in high school shot and killed walking home after a shopping trip. The photographer uses pathos and appeals to the audience emotions by showing the sorrow and pain left behind by these acts of violence and complete disregard to human life and those affected in the aftermath. The context of this photo can be political and cultural in that the suspect of this picture was an undocumented immigrant teenager

What is the significance of rhetoric in writing? Analyzing Sarah Maslin Nir’s article “The Price of Nice Nails” unveils how her rhetorical techniques have the capacity to effectively persuade her readers: her article’s format, audience, and purpose (as well as the use of ethos, pathos, and logos throughout the article) all contribute to her efficacy in persuasion. With these rhetorical techniques, Nir’s article is effective at persuading the audience to sympathize with manicurists, especially those working in New York City. Along with Nir’s ability to persuade her audience, she provides them with compelling support for her argument, which serves to intensify her argument’s influence.

The beginning of any thought provoking essay will hook its audience using a form of pathos. “Two of his sons returned home from the battlefield whole and healthy. The third, however, came home suffering multiple seizures a day”-(Rorabacher). The quote generates sympathy within us making us yearn to see a welcoming outcome and leaving the audience hooked. Eli Hager’s article follows a similar route informing us that “The state of Missouri sent Harris to the penitentiary in Boonvilee, 250 miles from his home and baby daughter”-(Hager). Again we sympathize with the loss of a family, but not all of the articles used grievance to hook us. In the “Quiet Alarm” the audience is informed of a vaudeville performer who performed deadly stunts involving hatchets, pins, and guns on himself to generate shockwaves in the audience. From these examples we identify how our emotions lure us into these texts.

In the film The Way We Get By Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly use many rhetorical strategies to appeal to their audience. Their most used and affective appeal is Pathos. Pathos is an appeal to the audience's emotions. The filmmakers us the other rhetorical strategies Logos and Ethos but not as effectively as Pathos.

In the articles “Alone in the Crowd” and “As technology Gets Better, Will Society Get Worse?,” Michael Price and Tim Wu, respectively acknowledge the effects of technological advances. While both Price and Wu use effective rhetorical strategies in their articles, one presents their argument in a more persuasive manner. Wu effectively convinces his audience that as a society we continue to advance technologically, but for the wrong reasons. Price references an interview with Sherry Turkle, to convey his opinion that the social media frenzy consumes our society. Price and Wu both present their point of view, but Wu has more factual information to justify his argument. The appeal to emotion is stronger in Price’s article; however, in this situation Wu’s logos appeal is more rhetorically effective. Beyond Ethos, Pathos, and

With the analysis of rhetorical strategies underway, I would like to discuss the presence of pathos in the speech. Sanger was a very passionate writer, and this allowed her to be absorbed into the paper. I noticed that, in Sanger’s speech, there were many emotionally loaded words. For example:

Out of the two articles and one TEDTalk that I summarized the one that I think had the most effective use or Kairos was “Chicago’s Flag Is a Much Bigger Deal than Any Other City’s Flag.” For me it had the most current feel to it although both articles were published in 2013 and the TEDTalk is from 2015. I get this feeling because of the author’s use of language and the examples that are used. His examples of tattoos and all the apparel you can find with the Chicago flag on it feel very modern especially being so close to city of Chicago the whole time I thought “yeah, yeah, I totally see that in the city.

Traumatic events are often used to show moral dilemmas in society. One such example made by Ray Comfort’s was the dilemma of comparing the horrors of the Holocaust to the current abortion epidemic. Comfort employs the rhetorical appeals to draw out a response from his interviewees, parallels their logic to biblical principles, and ultimately asks them to make a decision on where they stand not only on the issue of abortion, but also in response to the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.

This article shows great details of how bad writing can be fixed. The article begins by showing logos of what high school and college students are struggling with the most. The reason is that it states key examples of what the students at New Dorp high school aren’t good at. The article shows a lot of opinion from teachers by telling their ways of fixing the students. It is also repetitive by saying that the main reason the kids are not good writers is because they are lazy. In certain ways, this article is using pathos by the teachers. I do think the writer could have used more proven facts.

In Neil Postman’s novel, Amusing Ourselves to Death, he argues that rationality in America has become dictated by television. Through the use of ethos, pathos, and logos, Postman demonstrates that his claim is valid and reliable. These are three forms of persuasion that are used to influence others to agree with a particular point of view. Ethos, or ethical appeal, is used to build an author’s image. Ethos establishes a sense of credibility and good character for the author (Henning). Pathos, or emotional appeal, involves engaging “an audience's sense of identity, their self-interest, their emotions” (Henning). If done correctly, the power of emotions can allow the reader to be swayed to agree with the author. Logos, or logical appeal,

Ethos, pathos, and logos are all devices that Barbara Ehrenreich effectively uses throughout her novel Nickel and Dimed to prove that America needs to address the commonly overlooked issue of poverty within every community. It is important that she uses all three devices because they help support her argument by increasing her credibility, connecting to the readers’ emotions, and appealing to their sense of logic. The combination of these devices puts a sense of urgency on the problem Ehrenreich is addressing and therefore creates an effective argument.

The strongest of Obama’s points reside in his use of pathos, or emotional appeal, to connect with his audience. The audience and appeal are blatant from the beginning of the essay to the final word. Americans. Due to the loss of American lives, the emotional charge within the audience is almost palpable. Obama highlights this when he states:

In President Obama’s “Osama bin Laden Killed” speech he dives right into using pathos. He reminds the country of what happened 10 years ago on 9/11 and who was responsible. This is such an effective strategy because 9/11 wasn’t an event that only affected a few people, it was a day that shocked and enraged a nation. Everyone in the nation was affected. By bringing it back up, Obama rekindles that fire of anger, sadness, and desire for justice in the audiences hearts. Due to this, everyone is drawn in to everything he says after.

Nicholas Carr addresses and adapts to his audience by effectively using pathos, a rhetorical appeal. The author captures his audience by appealing to their emotions. For example, Carr explains on page five,