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Ethos, pathos and logos are all rhetorical strategies that are used and studies today by many writers and students all across the world. They are there to persuade and appeal to the readers thinking. Ethos is the ethics used by the writer which is most often appeal to the reader through credibility. Pathos is emotion, so it is the appeal to the reader through emotion in the writing. Lastly, logos which is most often known as logic, therefore, it is the appeal to the reader through the use of logic throughout the writing

Writers use pathos, ethos, and logos in their writing to appeal to their audience. Pathos is an appeal to emotions, ethos is an appeal to trust, and logos is an appeal to reasoning or logic. Frederick Douglass's, " What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" is about his views and the views of many slaves towards the Fourth of July. He uses ethos, pathos, and logos effectively to convey his central message.

Consider the speaker’s appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos. Identify 1 example of each and explain the effect of each. (2-3 sentences per appeal)

The main emotion I felt while reading Khans paper was that I was shocked by the process organ donors go through in their afterlives. It slightly made me angry at some moments as well. On the first page when Khan brings up different points the one that made me interested was “In the movies, for instance, surgeons tended to say it would take time to “find” a heart- as though one had been hidden behind a tree or misplaced along with the car keys (123.)” This was the point that brought out the anger emotion that came upon me. The reason I used this quote the was because she compared how surgeons took time to find these organs to having to find a pair of keys that were lost, which are two very different concepts. This essay was also very shocking considering how unaware I was of what a donor even meant. Eventually finding out that not every organ works in the new host it is planted in. Even though it is not the major concept it really helps convince the readers. When it is said “Sustaining a dead body until its organs can be harvested is a tricky process requiring the latest in medical technology (124.)” This really puts it into perspective for some readers from what is essentially going on. Also considering it is just upsetting about how a dead person has had their whole entire lives and is just lying on a table waiting to be dissected. This approach is added to Khan’s essay for the sympathy

Organ is almost required to use ethos to prove that she understands how other parents can change their parenting habits. She proves this by saying “After my first son”(Organ 5). Which clearly states her position as a parent. Without this, it is very hard for readers to believe if her points have any credibility behind them or not. Then she mentions that she “felt like a less adequate mother because I didn’t share the same feelings of the author.”(Organ 9) to portray her life as she struggles as a parent. These help readers to understand where her frustration, and thankfulness comes from and can relate with her.

First, I found this class to be helpful because of the what I have learned and the skills I better developed since the beginning of the semester. Coming in to this class, I knew that the rhetorical appeals were ethos, pathos and logos. However, I was not very proficient at using them in my writing. This class allowed me to practice using the rhetorical appeals it strengthen my writing. In my argumentative essay I used pathos to appeal to the reader emotions and to make them feel bad for the college athletes because they were not being paid. An example of this from my essay is when I used the quote, “student- athletes, especially those from low-income households, do not have any money to spend on a trip home to see family” (Vanderford 830). Using this quote makes the reader fell bad that the athletes cannot see their families often because they can not afford to travel home. I used ethos in my essay when I would quote a source and state who the person is. This is shown when I

The following essay is a rhetorical analysis comparing the articles from Rowan Jacobsen and James Kerry through ethos, logos, and pathos. Each article is addressed with their ethos, logos, and pathos and is expressed in whether they are effective or not.

According to our texts and lectures, a good argument must be valid and strong, with evidence or premises, and a conclusion. The premises must be true and of quality, supported by reasoning or evidence of some sort. The premises must also logically support the conclusion or there would be no argument. The goal of an argument is to convince the reader to believe in something and to demonstrate that with careful reasoning and consideration, the writer 's point of view is legitimate. The key approaches of reasoning in an argument are persuasion tactics called logos, ethos, and pathos. Logos is the use of logic to persuade the reader with statements containing rational principles. Facts, such as statistics, or anything that can be proven is an appeal to logos. Ethos is a plan of action using ethics which help define credibility, reliability, and character through direct knowledge and/or experience in the situation at hand. Ethos is used by writers to build trust and to demonstrate their qualifications for the statements they make. Pathos is used to connect with the reader on an emotional level using tragedy, sadness, pity, and other sentimental specifics the reader can relate to. All three of these Greek artistic proofs are used in the readings of “Out Of Body Image,” by an assistant professor of politics at Occidental College in Los Angeles, Caroline Heldman, whom focuses her work on issues of gender and race, and “X-Large Boys,” by Allisa Quart, who is a graduate of Columbia

Thomas Paine manages to include all three rhetorical appeals in one paragraph. He appeals to logos (logic) by claiming he is simply stating the facts and by asking readers to not only look at the present, but the future. Paine appeals to pathos (emotion) by acknowledging the audience's preexisting beliefs and values, and by asking them to set aside their biased opinions and to let their reason and emotions decide. By acknowledging the readers' values and referring to the "true character of a man", he establishes a common ground with his audience; this appeals to ethos (ethics), which helps the author gain his/her audience's trust based on their credibility and character.

Assuming Names, by Tanya Thompson, was a mere sneak peek into the past of a young girl who fooled the FBI, Interpol, DEA, and numerous other federal offices. She has an innate hunger for adventure and will do anything to free herself of the curse of boredom. Tanya was also born with ability to charm people into believing her deep twisted lies. Throughout her account, Thompson is able to lure the reader into her life full of lies by using an ample amount of intricate diction, syntax, and other rhetorical strategies. The purpose of her book was to inform her audience, young adults, of what occurred during those many years, how she handled situations, and what emotions she felt.

Upon reading Zittrain's essay "The Case for Kill Switches in Military Weaponry", I found that the author used all three rhetorical appeals, which are ethos, pathos, and logos. The first one that I noticed while reading is logos. After looking for the definition, Logos is an appeal to logic and it's a way of persuading an audience by reason. In the essay, Zittrain said, " There is a reason tank operators start their vehicles with a switch requiring no ignition key or code—it is too easy to misplace or become separated from keys on a battlefield, even at the cost of unauthorized access". The author used this logic to explain how tank operators always use a switch that requires no ignition key or code to prevent hackers, same as the example of

I choose to take ethos and pathos as an aspect of rhetorical theory and apply it to one of the

This essay really does appeal to all three of the ethos, logos, and pathos. He talks about so many different things that appeal to people in different ways. He uses ethos when he talks about his position in the United States. He talks about logos when he talks about why we need peace and all of the points also appeal to logos. Finally it appeals to pathos by talking about why we entered the war and the point of all of this.

Our final Composition I essay was a fun way to end the course. I compared it to an ice cream sundae, as this dessert is a fun way to end a great meal. With every delicious sundae, it needs to have an equal amount of toppings; likewise, the process analysis essay needed an equal amount of work from each member.

The order of process directions are chronological from beginning to end. Mary Zeigler did a nice job with organizing her paragraphs. I liked how Mary broke each step down and discussed them separately in each body paragraph. Overall this essay was written very well! I did not find any grammatical errors, nor did I have any grammatical concerns. The writer’s usage of transitional phrases were great, as well!