Summary Of Sapphos Pathos Logos

Her pursuit in telling the truth is evident in the lines, “In all things else, I have striven to be true! Truth was the one virtue which I might have held fast, and did hold fast, through all extremity save when thy good--the life--thy fame--were put in question! Then I consented a deception. But a lie is never good, even though death threaten the other side!”

Not for her children nor her dear parents has she a thought no – ] led her astray ]for ]lightly ] reminded me not of Anaktoria Who is gone. I would rather see her lovely step And the motion of light on her face Than chariots of Lydians or ranks Of footsoilders in arms. Little is known about the Greek Poet Sappho. Just like her poems, pieces of her life have been lost over time.

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,

She pauses from explicitly addressing her son to incorporating a comparison someone told her, between a traveler to a river, “that increases its stream the further it flows...improve their qualities as they pass along.” (Adams, 17-20) This creates the importance of her tone sound convincing to her son because she can compare him, for he is a judicious traveler based on her wordly addresses for him. Relating to her adroit son, it is important that she continues to let him know that she is speaking to him because of the repetition of “my son” throughout the letter. “It will be expected of you, my son,” (Adams, 21) and “Yet it is your lot, my son,” (Adams, 43) explicitly address him, doing this because she has expectations that his mature self and his trip are great. The emphasis lets him know that what she is expressing is to be focused on. Furthermore, concomitant to her expectations, she realizes there are conflicts within society, such as “war, tyranny, and desolation,” which “are the scourges of the almighty.” (Adams, 41-42) By using a metaphor to describe these conflicts as punishments for powerful people, like her son, she highlights her tone and appeals to her sons qualities. Her son is capable of a superior livelihood and she wants him to know

In the beginning of the book, that she explained her experience and life, which she was struggling because she showed her emotions

Sappho’s poem, entitled Fragment 16, is of the lyrical style instead of the epic style we are used to in Homer’s Iliad. The lyrical style of poetry got its name because it was usually accompanied by a lyre while it was recited. It also was used to express more emotion rather than telling a story. This form of poetry seems to be more artistic rather than the story telling of epic poetry of the time. In this poem we are able to use the comparison of different imagery to understand a common theme within the poem itself. The reason for the interesting title of the poem is because most of Sappho’s poetry is now only found in fragmented forms. Most of Sappho’s writing is from 600 B.C.E.

The rhetorical device that I thought was most effective was his use of Pathos. I believe his purpose for using this type of rhetoric is to reach the heart of those he was writing to in hopes of moving them so much so that they feel a, “call to action,” so to speak. While some may argue that Martin Luther King, Jr.’s(MLK) use of logos was most effective, I disagree because while it is possible to persuade someone with logic, wouldn’t you feel compelled to act immediately if something moves your heart rather than waiting for your brain to convince your heart and then act. For example, in paragraph 7, it states, “We have waited for more than 340 years for our constitutional and God given rights.” as well as, “when you suddenly find your tongue

King uses ethos, pathos, and logos to justify the actions proclaiming the Civil Rights Movement.

Rhetoric is the idea of persuasion. Its basic idea is to influence someone to believe in our idea or help understand the message we are trying to deliver. In our daily life we use rhetoric in many places. This includes verbal communication as well as non-verbal communication such as body language and facial expression. In the workplace it can be used to communicate with people effectively.

Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, and Subject are 5 different interactions that is shown throughout literature. SOAPS is the acronym for these 5 interactions. Rhetoric is when you or someone were to be persuading a person with writing or speaking to them. Rhetoric is broken down into 3 different types of appeals which are ethos, logos, and pathos. Ethos means appeals to ethics-convincing someone with previous experience (Ex. Doctor), logos means appeals logic, and pathos is appeals to emotions. Both the rhetoric appeals and the 5 different interactions can be mixed into a form of writing. These 5 different interactions and the 3 different types of appeals can be found in variety of texts like the texts that had interactions with the moon landing in the late 1970s. Those of which are the printing press writing about the moon landing, a speech that was prepared by President Nixon if needed to be stated, a person stating his opinion of the rocket ship taking flight, and a drawing created to be a political cartoon.

In the letter she pours a lot of emotions and makes it obvious that she have been told that “he

This opening drew me in because I wanted to know what she meant by this statement. The tone

Sappho’s poems are now lost or fragmentary, pervaded by physical silence from the gaps in the papyrus and by metaphysical silence from the limitations of translation, as addressed in Anne Carson’s “Variations on the Right to Remain Silent.” Nonetheless, Sappho still manages to communicate through the remaining fragments of her poetry, addressing a variety of topics, such as marriage and grief. However, the fragmentation of her poems filters out possible messages in her poetry and causes readers to perceive her voice and her life differently from what Sappho may have originally intended. Thus, this dilemma caused by fragmentation leads me to ask the following: to what extent does fragmentation shape our perception of Sappho’s voice and her public

She is disgusted at her mercenary and calculating sisters, who deceive their father. She prefers to “love and be silent.”

108) I was attracted to this line of Sappho’s poetry because it can be interpreted in so many ways, even though it has no missing words. Originally, I thought this poem was a representation of Sappho’s religious beliefs and her uncertainty about heaven because of her use of the first person and the word “sky”. However, when I read this poem consecutively with the previously discussed fragment (Fragment 51), the interpretation becomes less literal and could possibly represent Sappho’s social and personal