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    Ideas that Matter explains how there are three moderns of persuasion which are; ethos, pathos, and logos. Aristotle states that ethos is more about communicating with your audience. An ethos speaker would use such as, changing their tone of voice, physical appearance and comforting an audience. Credibility, authority and reliable describe an ethos point of view. Michael Austin gives us four ways to create a good ethos in writing; First, establish your credibility, as you explained to the audience

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    All good essays use some combination of the three rhetorical appeals: logos, ethos, and pathos. Logos is an appeal to logical reasoning and how a writer puts together a cohesive, flowing argument. Ethos is an appeal to a writer’s credibility and good character, while pathos is an appeal to the emotions of the audience. “The Great White Way” by Debra J. Dickerson is an essay that questions America’s racial and social norm of “whiteness”. Dickerson describes how the terms of being “white” have differed

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    very clever way of doing this would be to use logos, pathos and ethos. Logos uses inductive or deductive reasoning by citing facts as evidence, therefore proving their point using logical evidence. Another technique that an author can use is Pathos, when using pathos the author tries to appeal to the emotions of the audience by describing the effect of a situation, essentially trying to affect the audience’s emotions. When using Ethos it is important for the author to establish themselves as a trustworthy

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    known for being financially affluent, but was widely embraced for his focus on moral growth. Gandhi applies Aristotle 's modes of persuasion by using ethos, pathos, and logos in order to convince his audience of his ideologies. In an article titled “Ethos, Pathos, and Logos” the author effectively explains what each modes of persuasion means, “Ethos is the ethical appeal, means to convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character. Pathos is the emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience

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    In the book, The Achievement Habit, by Bernard Roth, chapter two reasons are bullshit, he gives multiple examples on ethos, logos, and pathos. Logos which is the logical appeal, ethos are the ethical appeal, and pathos which is the emotional appeal to the reader. In chapter two, reasons are bullshit the author talks about the reasons people give are pointless. He also states that people should stop giving excuses. That any kind of excuse, besides being sick or a death in the family, should not be

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    Ethos, pathos, and logos is used in many speeches or essays. Ethos uses credible sources to build argument. Pathos is convincing an audience with powerful emotion. Logos is used to convince an audience with reasons or logic. Both Antony’s and Brutus’s speeches are a good example for ethos, pathos, and logos. Antony’s funeral speech for Caesar was more persuasive than Brutus’s speech because he used more of pathos, which is emotional. Even though Brutus did bad in lying to everyone, he still had

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    speech. Analyzing the ethos, pathos, and logos from both Brutus and Antony’s funeral speeches, it is clear that Antony is more persuasive towards the crowd. There are three forms of rhetorical speaking: ethos, pathos, and logos. Ethos is the appeal of the reader, or audience’s, sense to ethics and morals. Pathos is for emotion. Logos is logic and reasoning. Both Brutus and Antony use these three techniques in their speeches given at the funeral of Caesar. Brutus uses ethos in the beginning

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    has taught me how to use ethos, logos, and pathos while critically reading any text. This paper has helped me to understand that I even need ethos, logos, and pathos in my own work and how to incorporate it in my papers. This paper has been a great learning experience and something that I can use for future reference. How did you come up with your thesis and develop support for it? My thesis, in my paper was this paper will show the effectiveness of the author’s use ethos, pathos, and logos and

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    Raph tends to use logos and Jack relies on ethos. They both use a variety of ethos, pathos, and logos in their ultimate goal of persuading the boys to join their tribes. Ralph’s balance of rhetoric makes him the dominant leader based on his traits compared to Jack. Ralph and Jack use ethos, credibility, of leadership in attempt of winning the other boys’ respect. For example, as Jack tries to gain the vote of the other boys he declares, “I ought to be chief… because I’m chapter chorister and head

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    control after the boys are dissatisfied with Ralph. Ralph tends to use logos and Jack relies on ethos. Ralph’s use of logos is shown throughout the novel, and how he logically plans out all of his decisions, considering all the benefits and detriments to each choice. Jack mainly uses pathos, and all of his decisions are based on his feelings in the moment, making him very emotional. They both use a variety of ethos, pathos, and logos in their ultimate goal of persuading the boys to join their tribes. Ralph

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