George Lucas Ethos Pathos Logos

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,

Athletes in America are known to be some of the highest paid athletes in the world. Multi-million dollar contracts and extreme amounts of money. They play extreme amounts of games and get paid what the general public would think to be a lot. In reality, they don’t get paid enough. In The Cauldron article, Leland Faust try’s to persuade the audience about athletes paychecks. He effectively uses ethos, pathos, and logos in order to persuade the audience into believing athletes should be paid more.

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.

Alone, the use of only ethos, pathos, or logos would make for a semi-interesting story, but together, they tell a believable account of real events. Beatty makes use of all three techniques to connect with her audience and share her own story as well as hard facts that verify the events. The powerful combination of ethos, pathos, and logos conveys Beatty’s story convincingly.

Ethos, pathos, and logos are the three rhetorical strategies used in arguments to strengthen it. Atticus uses all three of the rhetorical strategies studies this year during his closing remarks to the jury, but his use of pathos really makes his remarks have a very powerful message. A quote from Atticus’s closing remarks that show his use of pathos is “Tom Robinson now sits before you, having taken the oath with the only good hand he possesses”(Lee). In his closing argument Atticus brings up the fact that Tom’s arm was injured when he was younger. He points out this fact about Tom again at the end of the trial to try to get the jury to feel bad for Tom. Pathos is all about getting people to feel pity for someone else and Atticus cleary makes the jury feel bad for Tom by

Pathos was used prominently in the speech to connect Reagan with the audience and garner their support. Reagan established a relationship with the audience by saying ¨..Ich hab noch einen Koffer in Berlin...¨ (translation: ¨I still have a suitcase in Berlin¨ )the suitcase symbolizes the President´s personal connection to the city, and in turn a connection with the people. Reagan said ¨From the Baltic, south, those barriers cut across Germany in a gash of barbed wire, concrete, dog runs, and guard towers.¨ The vivid diction used to describe the wall evoked intense emotions from the audience including anger and sadness as it reminded them of the foreboding obstacle that kept them from their family on the other side. Reagan´s solution to the wall

Between the three rhetorical devices, ethos, pathos, and logos, I believe that the most influential and effective technique is pathos. This is because both ethos and logos rely on the idea that the audience has equal or similar moral standards or thought processes. Pathos appeals to the deepest emotions humans feel, whether they be positive or negative, and makes them seem even stronger. While ethos and logos build good arguments, pathos makes those arguments seem irrefutable, even if they are objectively weak.

use of ethos, logos, and pathos bring hope and empathy to the American people. President Reagan presents himself as a truthful leader by noting that we are very open about the events that occur within our space program. Reagan wants to gain the trust of the people by letting them know he will be sure to communicate with them as events within the space program occur. In his speech, Reagan emphasizes to the people that, “We don’t keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up front and in public” (6).

This cartoon appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in a variety of ways. Ethos is "what modern students of communication refer to as credibility" (Lucas 353). Ethos is shown by the figures at the bottom stating that they held her seat open since 1955 to mark the year she stood up for her rights. Pathos is depicted through the pride illustrated in the cartoon. For example, it shows Rosa Parks entering heaven as angels say "we have something in the front row for you..." because she fought for her spot on the bus and changed the way of life for future African Americans. The angels were praising her for her accomplishments. Logos is illustrated throughout the entire cartoon because it is logical that such an inspiring woman would be held a seat and

Rhetoric is a form of writing that has a persuasive effect on the reader. The term pathos is a quality that evokes emotions and pity. Pathos is used in rhetoric writings because it allows the speaker to make a personal and emotional connection with the reader. Once an emotional connection is made, the speaker has a higher potential in gaining the support of the audience. The term logos means it is an appeal to logic. Logos is used in rhetoric because it enables the speaker to persuade its audience by connecting to their logic, or intellects. The term ethos is a form of persuasion that appeals to ethics and the credibility of the speaker. Ethos is used in rhetoric because it is a way of gaining the audience's trust in the speaker. Essentially,

During the Tom Robinson case, Atticus had to defend Tom Robinson, an African American, from Robert Ewell’s accusation that Robinson had raped his daughter. Atticus asserted that Robinson cannot use his left hand, the oppressor’s item of harming Mayell Ewell, the crime has been committed surely so someone had blatantly pursued this act, and that this case is prejudice where whites have a much larger priority than African Americans. He also uses Aristotle’s Thee Appeals, ethos and logos and pathos, in his arguments in which makes that no holes can be punctured through his argument.

Atticus uses pathos and italics to give the Jury the feeling of guilt, which can later on dictate the Jury's decision on whether Tom Robinson is guilty or not. During Atticus’s speech he mentions that the people of Maycomb County follow “the evil assumption, that all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral beings, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women.” Throughout the paragraph, Atticus uses logos to allow the jury, as well as the people of Maycomb, to understand that they are not thinking rationally if they were to believe that Tom Robinson is guilty. Though coming to the end Atticus begins to use pathos to provoke the feeling of guilt by mentioning that the townspeople follow an “evil assumption.” When stating

In To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, Atticus is making his closing remarks, his final words, in Tom Robinson’s case trying to prove to the most likely racist jury that Tom is innocent. Atticus appeals to pathos, logos, and ethos in order to prove that Tom Robinson is innocent by showing that he cannot use her left hand, and overall that Mayella attacked Tom, and Tom is telling the truth.

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

The world of argumentation. Ethos, Logos, and Pathos are different styles of writing and each style can be used to persuade the reader to change their mind to the writer's point of view. Logos is a Greek term meaning logic. It is the logic or reason, this style of writing focuses more on the facts of an argument. An example of this can be "All women are smart. Amelia is a woman. Therefore, Amelia is smart. Logos can also be expressed with a picture. Pathos addresses the emotional aspect of writing. The writer can use this style to express sympathy and/or imagination. An example of pathos is, "They've worked against everything you've worked so hard to build. Do not give others the chance to humiliate you." Ethos is used to build authority. It