Alrighty, let's talk about the triangle, the E, P, L, the appeals that make YOUR paper rock star and persuasive:
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What is
Ethos? Why is it important to the writer? What makes the writer credible? How?
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Ethos is
an ethical appeal, a moral appeal and an appeal that one makes to establish
their authority as a writer.
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It’s
important to the writer because as the speaker of this argument you put a face
to a position and you have to defend that. You cannot defend a position if you
do not establish yourself as an authority with a moralistic appeal (and by
moralistic I don’t mean religiously based, but one where a certain standard is
established)
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What
makes a writer credible is their understanding of the situation (the history of
if, a knowledge of the conversation going on), an authoritative tone (whether
established by a decisive and powerful language, a use of humor to appeal to
the audience, etc.
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What is
Pathos? How is an appeal to pathos an effective form of persuasion for an
audience? What does it do specifically? How do you make an appeal to Pathos?
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Pathos is
an appeal to emotions, a tug on the heartstrings if you will.
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It’s
effective because it’s appealing directly to the audience, taking an argument
and giving it a human aspect, a tangibility that the audience can feel and
relate to.
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It
creates a bridge between the writer, the argument and the audience. It provides
a method by which the audience can find a connection and relationship with the
argument, thus forming a better persuasive understanding of it.
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You can
make an appeal through humor (one of the most effective), a sad appeal, a
personal appeal, and so forth. You give a face to the argument essentially
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Why is it
important for your argument to have Logos? What might happen if Logos is
lacking in your argument? What does that do to your credibility as the writer?
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Logos
ensures that your argument is one that IS arguable. It’s the foundation that
holds your rhetoric and argument together.
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If your
argument doesn’t have a logical appeal, if there’s no sure foundation for the
reality of your argument, then you lose credibility and persuasiveness.
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Logos
shows that he writer knows what they are talking and that what they are talking
about is something significant. It shows that the writer can articulate a sound
argument and one that can be analyzed and one that is significant.
2 comments:
Thank you so much for writing this all out, it's very useful.
Ethos, Logos, and Pathos are such great properties of writing and speech.I knew about them idealogically, but didn't know how to put them into words. Thank you for teaching us about them!
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