Rhetorical Strategy Of Ethos In Lean On Me By Joe Clark

Ethos in Greek means character. Ethos refers to the trustworthiness or credibility of the writer or speaker. Kennedy uses ethos by letting us know the sources of his facts. He uses ethos when he says that quote about the employment costs was told to him by the Acting Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. When Kennedy let the audience know where his sources came from, the audience knows that they can trust what Kennedy says during his speech. The audience will know he isn’t talking non-sense. This means his arguments are more effective, and the audience will want to support his

Ethos is an appeal to ethics, which gives the author credibility to persuade their attended audience. For instance, both Lukianoff and Haidt give a little insight about who they are, “Greg Lukianoff is a constitutional lawyer and the president and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which defends free speech and academic freedom on campus, and has advocated for students and faculty involved in many of the incidents this article describes; Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist who studies the American culture wars.” (Lukianoff and Haidt). Using this rhetorical strategy to start their argument off was a strong approach to persuading their attended audience because it provides credibility to the readers to prove to them that the authors know what they’re talking about and it makes the argument much more effective. Another example of ethos that the authors provide is, “Today, what we call the Socratic method is a way of teaching that fosters critical thinking, in part by encouraging students to question their own unexamined beliefs, as well as the received wisdom of those around them… But vindictive protectiveness teaches students to think in a very different way… A campus culture devoted to policing speech and punishing speakers is likely to engender patterns of thought that are surprisingly similar to those long identified by cognitive behavioral therapists as causes

Pathos is another word for sympathy. In the speech “People and Peace, not Profits and War,” Chisholm states in lines 5-8, “As a teacher, and as a woman, I do not think I will ever understand what kind of values can be involved in spending $9 billion -- and more, I am sure -- on elaborate, unnecessary, and impractical weapons when several thousand disadvantaged children in the nation’s capital get nothing” (39). Chisholm uses pathos to show her feelings about the children. In his Vietnam speech, Martin Luther King Jr. states, “We have destroyed their two most cherished institutions: the family and the village. We have destroyed their land and their crops. We have cooperated in the crushing of the nation’s only non communist revolutionary political force, the unified Buddhist Church. We have supported the enemies of the peasants of Saigon. We have corrupted their women and children and killed their men” (156). King uses pathos so that the readers agree with his opinions on the Vietnam War. In “Let America be America Again” by Langston Hughes, he calls himself the farmer, the worker, the negro, and the people (1). Hughes wants people to realize how unfortunate he is and he wants people to sympathize with his feelings. Pathos triggers the reader’s emotions. They begin to sympathize with whoever is displaying their feelings. Authors may use this device to help the readers see the situation in their point of

One example of ethos is when Tyson says, “During the Apollo era, you didn't need government programs to convince people that doing science and engineering was good for the country. It was self-evident.” This helps him gain the committees trust because he is pointing out that his goal is to do something the United States had done in the past. Tyson’s extrinsic ethos from the committees point of view could be high or low, those who support his ideas would see him as more trustworthy whereas someone on the committee who does not support his ideas would potentially say he has little ethos. Those on the Senate committee would likely have a stronger extrinsic view of Tyson because they would know more about his education and expertise.

Pathos is used in order to link the essay with the reader’s emotions and ethos is used to show the writers moral character. For example, pathos is used when Kozol speaks to a student of a Bronx high school, “Think of it this way,” said a sixteen-year-old girl. “If people in New York woke up one day and learned that we were gone…how would they feel?...I think they’d be relieved.” (Kozol 205) This part of the essay really made me feel sad for this girl who lives in a society where she has grown up feeling like now one cares about her or others of her race.

Rhetorical Analysis of Joe Clark’s Inspirational Speech in the motion picture Lean on Me, 1989

According to How Writing Works the definition of the term “ethos” is, “the credibility of the writer.” Ethos can work in two ways, you can possess it, or you can earn it. Nansook Park earned her PhD in psychology and is a psychology professor at the University of Michigan, so her work it’s a given that she has experience in the field. From reading the whole excerpt it seems as though the target audience is the everyday American citizen. Park’s tone is more relaxed and sympathetic, which makes her and her arguments more relatable.

One example of how Mr. Clark showed ethos is at the beginning of the movie when he first came in and kicked out all of the bad students from the stage. These students were the worst of the worst, they had been selling and using drugs and not doing anything to improve in school. By coming right in and laying the hammer down on the students, this showed the students that there is now authority in the school and they cannot keep messing around. The school had not seen any type of real leaders in the school in a while, and that is why it got so bad there. With Joe Clark arriving, things will surely change. Another example of ethos in this movie is how Mr. Clark ensured that each one of the students’ lives were doing okay and they had a place to stay. He would always ask people how they were doing in the hallway and that made the students look up to him as a person who really did care for them. Joe took the time and personally went to Kaneesha’s house and made sure she had a safe place to permanently stay and convinced her mom to keep letting her live there. This put Kaneesha’s trust in Mr. Clark as a person she can really rely on and look up to. A final example of when Joe Clark used ethos is when he said that everyone could succeed on the test and in life if they are really willing to put the work in for it. He said he truly believed in them that they will pass if they become motivated. Joe saying that he believed in the students put encouragement in them that they had possibly never seen.

According to Alan G. Gross and Arthur E. Walzer, ethos is a type of ethical appeal establishing the speaker’s credibility or character and expertise as persuasive techniques (…). Throughout, Evicted Matthew Desmond employs ethos to gain and reinforce his knowledge and expertise on the subject, to prove his reliability as a

Pathos is used very effectively in Seth Davis’s article. By using pathos he is helping to expose the purpose of the article in a way that you wouldn’t think of before. Davis states “As the father of three children under the age of eight, I can only pray that someone “exploits” my sons someday

How to Speak How to Listen by Mortimer Adler discusses the best techniques to use while in an argument. According to Adler, ethos signifies one’s character. Ethos is present when one is trying to have a character that is fitting for the purpose at hand. Ethos includes making yourself attractive to the audience and proving to them that you are credible. An example of having ethos has a lot to do with how I would present myself to the audience. In order for them to believe that I am credible, I must look the part, that includes cleanliness, looking put together, and healthy. If the audience sees that you can take care of yourself, then they have a higher chance of believing that you can take care of them and their situation. Using ethos can also include presenting the audience with a personal story. This will fill them in with background information about myself and let them know how my character played out during whatever situation I spoke about. The situation would have to be similar to the one the audience is facing, in order for them to draw parallels and better understand how I would handle that particular event.

An example of pathos that was used is where it says, “And so a quiet, respectful, humble Negro who had the unmitigated temerity to ‘feel sorry’ for a white woman has had to put his word against two white peoples.” I know that this quote is pathos because Atticus is trying to explain Tom so that he seems harmless by saying that he is quiet, humble, and respectful. He also tries to get people to feel bad so they know Tom isn’t guilty. This part was better in the movie because of how they put the camera on Atticus and his facial expressions changed. It really makes you start to feel bad that Tom is going through all of the

One way ethos is used in social media is all of the tweets about the new iphone. Most people are tweeting that the new iphone is acting up, and it’s too high in price. How do we know that they’ve even tried the new phone? Is this someone you can trust? The more people that tweet about the phone, the more likely you are to believe that the phone really is acting up. This makes the person tweeting about it, a credible and trustworthy source. Add a transition, to help the flow

Ethos is the author’s credibility, character, honesty and accomplishment. The author attempts to appear honest and knowledgeable. An example of ethos can be found when he refers to himself at the unlikeliest candidate, “I was never the unlikeliest candidate for this office.” Being the unlikeliest candidate and winning the elections shows that Obama is hardworking and will not give up. On top of that he does not brag about winning but give all the credit to the people. These are good qualities that people want the president to have and this shows that he going to work hard in the office. Another example can be found when he is talking about how his campaign started and the support he was getting at the start of the campaign. He says, “It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.” This shows how his journey to the white house began and how hard he had to work to get there. Unlike many other candidates who got large funds from private

First, I would like to start by talking about Zadie Smith’s use of ethos in her essay “Generation Why.” The first example is in the first paragraph. Smith starts off by establishing credibility right away and presenting herself as trustworthy. She states, "'I was there' at Facebook's inception, and remember Facemash and the fuss it caused." This statement made Smith's readers trust her because she was