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    Between the three rhetorical devices, ethos, pathos, and logos, I believe that the most influential and effective technique is pathos. This is because both ethos and logos rely on the idea that the audience has equal or similar moral standards or thought processes. Pathos appeals to the deepest emotions humans feel, whether they be positive or negative, and makes them seem even stronger. While ethos and logos build good arguments, pathos makes those arguments seem irrefutable, even if they are objectively

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    the audience, and the subject. The speaker uses the aspects of the rhetoric triangle to connect with the audience and agree with them about the subject. The rhetorical triangle includes the elements of ethos, pathos, and logos. Ethos is proving the speaker’s credibility, logos uses logic, and emotion is labeled as pathos. By using these strategies in writing, authors are able to achieve their purpose. After Princess Diana died in a car crash, many speakers took different

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    While I had previously heard of Ethos, Pathos and Logos, I didn’t have a clear understanding of the effect each could have to an audience. Each rhetorical appeal can be useful when persuading an audience, but the most effective use of each would be pathos. Think about a time when you believe something to be true, you just felt it and when presented with actual evidenced that your beliefs were incorrect it didn’t sway your way of thinking. How many times have you seen a headline about a crime of

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    The Tripartite Theory includes three parts of rhetoric: logos, pathos, and ethos. Both debate groups did a wonderful job, honing in on one or more of these rhetorical devices to hopefully persuade their audience. Logos is the device of logic as it uses facts to push the listeners in one direction or the other. Pathos is emotion, and using a fear, sadness or joy to take a strong stand on a subject. Ethos is about the credibility of the speaker, taking credentials and social position to make opinions

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    Rhetoric is the art of persuasion, whether it is written or spoken. Rhetoric has been around for centuries. Aristotle, a Greek philosopher, believed that there were three basic ways to persuade an audience: ethos, pathos, and logos. Ethos is the appeal to ethics: how the speaker portrays himself/herself to the audience. Can the audience trust him/her? Is he/she credible? What morals does he/she have? When trying to persuade an audience, the audience has to believe the speaker is one with good character

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    Ethos, logos, and pathos are Aristotelian models of persuasion in writing. They are mainly used in writing in order to prove a point to an audience. These can be found in many forms of media: television, radio, and newspaper articles, for example. Ethos is used to establish moral character of the speaker, logos is used to present a sound argument to an audience with facts and figures, and pathos is used to persuade an audience with high emotions. Pathos helps reduce an audience’s ability to

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    Keyword Essay Ethos: Ethos means to convince the audience by someone’s action rather than expressing the idea. It is easier to convince audience when you have background knowledge of the topic i.e. speaker is credible. Example if a say I am an engineer and I have worked for more than 20 years in the field of networking. It will be easier for me to convince you for setting up the network in your workplace building. Also ethos defined as the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying

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    exciting phrases to get the audience to connect and feel emotion toward the story. Another example is the story about her own son, Benjamin, who connected with her when they were talking about his car game on the tablet. What are some examples of logos in this speech? She starts right away with a couple of statistics. “40% of Americans check their phones within 5 minutes of waking up” and “They will later check them 50 times more that day”. These stats along with the

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    The rhetorical strategies of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos are used in the media every day to persuade society. Whether it be for sales, politics, or everyday news, these three styles of persuasion influence how people are affected by the media. Pathos targets an emotional response. This causes viewers to accept or reject a claim or idea based on how it makes them feel. This is a very effective form of persuasion, however it can be incredibly manipulative. Anne P. Beatty’s excessive use of pathos illuminates

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    speakers use three kinds of appeals to make their arguments convincing; logos, the speaker's actual message, ethos, the credibility of the speaker, and pathos, or the emotional appeal the speaker arises in his or her audience. These rhetorical appeals are present in many aspects of everyday life, including websites. Sites such as elpasozoo.org use these three appeals to effectively communicate with those who visit their page. The logos appeal is the most important element of a website or written work

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