Rhetoric in comedy Have you ever watched TV, or watched a commercial and said to your self “hmm this contains ethos, logos and pathos”, yeah me neither. Somehow they fit into our everyday life more than we know. Someone, somewhere will try to convince you of something usually by using the three rhetorical devices logos “or appealing to logic and reasoning”, pathos “appeals to emotion” and lastly ethos “persuasion by appeals to ethics”. (587) In the video “Drunk history- Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks”, by Comedy Central the use of logos, pathos and ethos isn’t used. This video just informs the viewers how Rosa Parks was the face and lead of the boycott not Claudette Colvin. The way the story is being told is quite humorous to the viewers.
All the videos present logos, ethos, and pathos. Some may show it more than other videos, the best video that shows all 3 of this rhetoric is the first video. In the first video Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks were talking about how amazing Claudette was for standing up for herself. In addition, some of the ways they show everything that is happening is by logos, ethos, and pathos. Logos is shown when the NAACP were trying to find out who can be the representative of the group and how they can stand up to what happened when Claudette was seating in the white section of the bus and did not move.
According to Aristotle, ethos means that the persuader convinces someone else of their character or credibility or appeal to ethics; pathos means the persuader convince the audience of an argument by creating an emotional response or appeal to emotions; and logos means that the persuader is persuading an audience by reason or appeal to logic. Ethos can make a person sound fair or unbiased, person could also introduce their expertise or pedigree, and a person could use the correct grammar and syntax when it comes to using the appropriate language. Pathos can make an audience feel sympathy from the persuader or to make them
Logos, ethos, and pathos are essential components used in advertising. By learning to recognize logos, ethos, and pathos in advertising, we are able to understand the message and what is being portrayed. (Albert et al, 2014), suggested that Aristotle postulated that a speaker’s ability to effectively convince an audience is constructed on how well the speaker appeals to that audience in three different areas: logos, ethos, and pathos. These appeals together form what Aristotle calls a rhetorical triangle.
What are ethos, pathos, and logos and how are they incorporated in with the persuasive pieces of literature to the presidential speeches that we see every day? They all are forms of persuasion per say, each
In the article “Don’t Blame the Eater” written by David Zinczenko he argues that children suing the fast food industries may not be entirely wrong for doing so. He goes on to advocate that fast food companies neglect to fully inform their consumers properly. Throughout his arguments, he uses the different forms of rhetorical analysis to emphasize his point. These persuasion techniques allow us as the reader to see the article with further clarity. One of the persuasion techniques he uses is logos (logic), this is the act of stating facts, evidence, and reasons. The next persuasion technique is ethos (credibility), he briefly educates us on his current occupation which allows us to trust his words. Lastly, Zinczenko uses pathos (emotion), he appeals to our emotions and feelings by giving
Ethos appeals to credibility. In Mother Tongue, Tan builds ethos in her first sentence by writing, “I am not a scholar of English or literature”, and then in the next paragraph she says, “I am a writer”. These contradict each other and by writing this she gives her audience the perception that she’s humble and therefore gives herself credibility because she doesn’t sit on a pedestal. Nobody respects somebody who’s full of themselves and think that they’re better than everyone. Pathos appeals to emotion. Tan evokes emotion in the end when her mother says to her, “so easy to read”. Her mother is referring to the book Tan wrote specifically to appeal to her. Emotions of happiness and pride are evoked because she was successful in making something her mother could understand. Logos appeals to logic. Tan appeals to a sense of logic by convincing her readers that there’s no “correct” English, rather it’s how we use the language to get our ideas across. This is her whole idea of her story and she uses facts and analogies to help support it (Tan). Rhetorical appeals are used everyday in numerous ways often to make a person believe
In many papers you will notice different types of persuasion that help the writer to give a reader a better of understanding of the paper. These types of persuasion are called rhetorical appeals. Each appeal has its own ability to give to the writer's paper, ethos is the credibility of the work the writer is using, pathos is appealing to the audience’s emotions, and lastly logos is the logical appeal. When writing a paper a person generally uses at least one rhetorical appeal to persuade their audience.
History books teach children a story about a quiet woman who had had enough and refused to give up her seat on the bus, which is not entirely true. Rosa Parks was a very vocal woman when it came to standing up against white supremacy. Which means that History got a part of the Rosa Parks story wrong and an author by the name of Jeanne Theoharis would fully agree to that. She would agree because she wrote an article titled, “How History Got the Rosa Parks Story Wrong”. In the article, Theoharis used evidence, such as facts and quotes, and powerful word choice in order to strengthen her claim that even though Rosa Parks was seen as a quiet symbol of civil rights progress, her contributions to the fight for racial equality reveal a life-long
Pathos, logos, and ethos are all uses of language for persuasion. Pathos is an emotional approach to persuade people, logos is the logical type of persuasion, and ethos is the ethical form to persuade a person. Martin Luther King Jr. used all three of these forms of persuasion in his speeches, but one truly stuck out from the rest, pathos.
Everything in history has been because of persuasion. The major wars, political leaders, and peace treaties has all been because of persuasion. The elements of persuasion have also played a big role. Ethos is trying to convince an audience bu their character. This element is used in political debates. When a political wants to convince the audience they usually try to Connie a certain group of people, why we have democrats and republicans. Pathos is trying to get the emotional side of an audience. Usually pathos is used to convict people to buy animals in shelters or to donate to a hospital to help treat children with
Theoharis expresses the main misconception of Rosa Parks in the sentence, “In textbooks and documentaries, she is the meek seamstress gazing quietly out of a bus window…” The phrase, “meek seamstress gazing quietly,” conveys the soft-spoken, introverted, and standoffish persona that media assigns to Rosa Parks’ legacy. Theoharis challenged that persona and further advanced her argument by using vocabulary with stronger connotations. For example, Theoharis refers to Rosa Parks as, “a lifelong activist who had been challenging white supremacy for decades before she became the famous catalyst for the Montgomery bus boycott.” In fact, Theoharis refers to Parks as, “being a rebel.” The phrases “lifelong activist,” “famous catalyst,” and “rebel,” further indicates Parks’ commitment, determination, initiative, and assertiveness throughout her lifetime and the Civil Rights
Ethos is the appeal to ethics and it tries to establish the character and credibility of a persuader. Logos is an appeal to the reasoning aspect of the topic at hand. While, pathos is an appeal to emotion and it’s goal is to convince the audience through
Many writers use several diverse ways to persuade readers into believing them. Some writers may tell a story, provide facts and information, or other ideas to encourage his or her reader to agree with the argument. Aristotle’s rhetorical triangle describes three diverse appeals: logos, pathos, and ethos. Logos is based on facts and reasons explaining logical arguments that rely on information and evidence. Logos is built with enough evidence, data, statistics, and reliable information. Another type of appeal is pathos, which attracts the reader’s emotions and feelings into the work. Many writers who use pathos tend to write about their personal experience and by diction and tone. In addition to logos and pathos, ethos corresponds with
The essay tells the story of Civil Rights activist, Rosa Parks, who, in 1955, refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her actions launched a series of bus boycotts that are often credited for initiating the civil rights movement. Rosa Parks was a poor seamstress who often rode the bus to work. Riding the bus was common practice among the African American residents, many of whom worked across town and did not own cars. In fact, over seventy-five percent of the occupants of the buses were African American. Segregation policies, however, insisted that African American riders sit toward the back of the bus. Additionally, African American riders were expected to give up their seats to any white passenger. In an interview, Parks echoed the common sentiment among African Americans that this practice was both inhumane and humiliating.
I have heard about ethos, pathos, and logos before in my English classes, but never applied them to persuasive speeches. Ethos is meant to appeal to an audience’s morality and competence of character. Pathos appeals to an audience’s emotion by sharing psychological factors. Logos appeals to an audience’s logic and sound of reasoning. When I gave my first persuasive speech in public speaking, I used ethos for some emotion and pathos to appeal to the audience about my topic. I got feedback after I gave my speech and people told me they connected with it and that it was really good. I was shocked that using ethos, pathos, and logos in a speech could have such a big impact on a speech, and an audience. The audience is able to relate more to the topic of the speech