...In today’s world most people have some type of preference on having and or using guns. People that think guns should be used for protection for other and themselves. Some people want revenge on others while some just want to spread random acts of violence. There’s not a set amount of people that choose good or evil. Depending on the time and place and what’s happing people emotion can be swayed to do things they don’t normally do. On Jeffrey Goldberg's argument in "The Case For More Guns" his paper works efficiently because he uses strong pathos and a wide variety of ethos. Jeffery Goldberg’s paper he uses strong ethos and pathos to make his paper more clear. (The James E. Homes was talked about in Jeffrey G.’s paper “The Case for More Guns”...
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...Many writers use different writing techniques to appeal to their audience when constructing their argument. Using the three classical appeals is an effective and organized technique that allows writer to appeal to their audience and also aids the writer in proving their argument. Malcolm Gladwell uses the three classical appeal in his article “Troublemakers” to convince the readers that pit bulls have been too broadly stereotyped as a mean and aggressive breed of dog. One classical appeal that Gladwell uses is the appeal to logos. Gladwell also uses the appeal to ethos. Gladwell also appeals to his audience through the usage of pathos. By using classical appeals, the article “Troublemaker” by Malcolm Gladwell effectively argues the issues on why pit bulls should not be banned in Ontario...
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...others would disagree, going as far as to send the president petitions to try to prevent the imposing nuclear destruction. Although the American population argued both sides, Harry Truman finally decided to detonate two atomic bombs over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Following this critical decision, approximately 200,000 people perished in the two Japanese cities, leading to the Japanese surrender only a few days later. The three texts that were displayed differed from each other since the first article presented more statistical arguments in the form of logos and the second article presented more ethos and pathos approaches; however, the texts were similar since both of their purposes was to convince the president, or population, of the positive and negative effects of the atomic bomb. Although the other two articles demonstrated powerful arguments, the speech written by Robert Oppenheimer provided a more developed use of logos, pathos, and ethos, better appealed to the audience, and implemented powerful scientific data. The first text, written by Robert Oppenheimer as a speech to Los Alamos scientists developing the atomic bomb, obviously used a more statistical and mathematical approach to the problem. “There are many people who try to wiggle out of this. They say the real importance of atomic energy does not lie in the weapons that...
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...Ta-Nehisi Coates’ argues in his article, “The Myth of Police Reform,” that the tactics law enforcement uses to solve social problems is ineffective. Coates provides multiple examples of ways that law enforcement uses force instead of authority to deal with society’s problems. These examples directly relate to his main claim which aid in getting the audience to understand his point of view. Coates’ pathos and kairos are both strong elements that make his claim effective. However, he lacks to provide a substantial amount of ethos and logos. Nevertheless, since Coates’ argument contains these critical elements, his argument proves to be effective in persuading his audience. In order to have a solid argument, one must focus on the values and beliefs of the intended audience. Coates’ use of pathos in his argument appears extensive which leaves the audience more likely to empathize and agree with him. For example, Coates describes the events of recent shootings that have happened in a way that will appeal to the audience’s emotions. Coates offers a few rhetorical questions for the audience to answer for themselves when he asks “Should the state repeatedly incarcerate Walter Scott for not paying child support? Does the presence of a gun really improve the chance of peacefully resolving a drug episode?” (Coates, 2). He...
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...What would you do if you learned there was a person with the same name as you who grew up just a few streets down, but your lives turned out completely different? In Wes Moore's The Other Wes Moore, the story of two boys both named Wes Moore is told, including how one grew up to be a successful author and decorated veteran while the other ended up a convicted murderer serving a life sentence. The text examines how their similar paths differed and led them to where they are today, ultimately arguing how the lack of care towards young boys in cities makes it hard for them to care or believe in themselves. Moore employs pathos, ethos, and logos to strengthen his argument to help communicate his views. In The Other Wes Moore, Moore employs...
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...The Use of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos Author’s Name Course Name Instructor’s Name Date The Use of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos Aristotle found out that most writers had a difficult time in making their arguments convincing to their readers. To solve this problem, he developed three key strategies namely ethos, pathos, and logos to help writers pass the message clearly, and as intended. Weida and Stolley (2013) argue that all strategies should be used at the same time to make a good argument. However, other scholars emphasize that these strategies should be used with caution as not all are ideal in every type argument. Ethos Weida and Stolley (2013) say that a writer who uses ethos well establishes credibility, and reliability. According to PathosEthosLogos.com, it makes the writer appear to have great character. The goal of every writer is to make his argument persuasive to his readers. In order to make a connection with the readers, the writer must look knowledgeable, and authoritative in a particular subject of contention. For example, a management writer could wish to teach his readers on the benefits of proper book-keeping to a business. In this regard, he could start by giving examples of businesses that have succeeded by maintaining proper business records. He could as cite relevant statistics to show that book-keeping is a good practice for every business. However, he should show respect to readers who are of a different opinion. If possible, and necessary...
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...blindness. She has many examples of ways we can fight attention blindness and change society as a whole by just modernizing with technology. Cathy Davidson does an excellent job using logos, ethos, and pathos to prove her argument on attention blindness. Logos is the logic is used to support a claim; can also be the facts and statistics used to help support the argument. Throughout this whole Ms. Cathy Davidson does a great job using statistics and other logical information to back up her argument. A great example of this is in chapter 8 when she discusses how the World Wide Web is effective if everyone uses it. She uses logos by saying over 80 percent of Americans between the ages of fifty and fifty-four are now online. She goes into more depth in this chapter with the use of statistics when she talks about how it is not only young people using social networking but also forty percent of the people who use Facebook and Myspace are over the age of thirty-five. When she uses examples like those it gives you a good mental understanding of how many older people are trying to keep up with technology, thus helping her defend her argument even better. Ethos is the source's credibility and the speaker's or author's authority. Ms. Davidson has good ethos and this makes her argument more believable. You can look at her credentials and see that she is a person who knows what she is talking about. She has all the accolades a person needs to make them sound like they know what is going...
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...Rhetorical Appeals Comparison In the story “The ‘F Word’” Firoozeh Dumas relates the struggle of being an immigrant in the United States and the difficulty of making friends in an environment where no one would learn her name. Dumas’s main purpose is to make the audience more open-minded about calling people by their name instead of nicknames. On the other side, in the text “Is Junk Food Really Cheaper” Mark Bittman argues the importance of cooking at home rather than consuming fast food. The authors of “The ‘F Word’” and “Is Junk Food Really Cheaper” use ethos, pathos and logos as rhetorical devices however; Bittman uses logos more adequately than Dumas. Lunsford, Ruszkiewicz and Walters state that ethos is based on character ethic or credibility,...
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...number one at her school. Throughout her process of telling this story , Malala is able to append with readers in an emotional captivating way because her use of credibility and also her ability to state logistical facts through the book to build her argument that we...
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...their personal well-being. The argument presented by this film is that the world has two choices: we can have elephants and rhinos or we can have rhino horn and ivory, but we cannot have both. Throughout Gambling on Extinction, the director attempts to uses various forms of pathos to persuade the audience to support the film’s argument. They target the viewer's emotion by showing graphic images of rhino and elephant carcasses are repetitively shown to make the audience uncomfortable and understand the direct consequences of the poaching of elephants. Dramatic and thrilling music is also used to establish and enhance the tone of scenes. Another form of pathos used was mise-en-scene. The majority of this film was done without editing in the natural environment of the animals or in the surroundings of the ivory traders. The natural environment, allows the viewer to see the exact environment these animals are killed. The beautiful scenery where these animals are being killed form an appeals to pathos in this film. Another setting that played a major role in the film was the streets of China and Thailand. These settings allowed the viewer to have a better sense of the places rhino horn and elephant tusks were being sold. The lack of major editing gave the film a more realist aspect. One small form of editing presented in this film was the use of words on the screen to get a point across. The use of sequences throughout this film forms an appeals to pathos. The sequence of this film...
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...In Michelle Malkin’s article “No More Jury Trials for Terrorists,” she makes an arguments on how she thinks terrorists should be treated in the American judicial system. Malkin takes a generally conservative approach to the topic. She starts the article off very strong, immediately giving facts on how much money the United States is spending to fund the protection of terrorists who ultimately attacked the United States. Malkin even goes into detail explaining how much was spent in each different cost created by these terrorists. This immediate use of logos makes Malkin’s argument valid; she is giving sound statistics to support her point of view. After showing how much the United States is spending to protect these terrorists, Malkin goes into detail about what crime these people have actually committed....
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...Ethos, Pathos, and Logos Whenever you read an argument you must ask yourself, "is this persuasive? And if so, to whom?" There are several ways to appeal to an audience. Among them are appealing to logos, ethos and pathos. These appeals are prevalent in almost all arguments. To Appeal to Logic (logos) | To Develop Ethos | To Appeal to Emotion (pathos) | Theoretical, abstract language Literal and historical analogies Definitions Factual data and statistics Quotations Citations from experts and authorities Informed opinions | Language appropriate to audience and subject Restrained, sincere, fair minded presentation Appropriate level of vocabulary Correct grammar | Vivid, concrete language Emotionally loaded language Connotative meanings Emotional examples Vivid descriptions Narratives of emotional events Emotional tone Figurative language | | Effect | | Evokes a cognitive, rationale response | Demonstrates author's reliability, competence, and respect for the audience's ideas and values through reliable and appropriate use of support and general accuracy | Evokes an emotional response | Definitions Logos: The Greek word logos is the basis for the English word logic. Logos is a broader idea than formal logic--the highly symbolic and mathematical logic that you might study in a philosophy course. Logos refers to any attempt to appeal to the intellect, the general meaning of "logical argument." Everyday arguments rely heavily...
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...Women’s Rights Violation Greek philosopher Aristotle describes and defines three main rhetorical appeals in the art of persuasion over 2,000 years ago. He argues that this is the writer’s ability to convince the audience by using different techniques. Three basic ways to move the public to your point of view are ethos, logos, and pathos. Ethos refers to the credibility and authority of the speaker. Logos is the use of logical patterns to persuade the audience. Finally, pathos is the emotional component of any influencing process. All these three fundamental elements play a huge role in any attempt at convincing whether in a speech or a text. When the author works all of them properly, then the audience is more likely to be persuaded. It is...
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...Americans in today’s society don’t tend to think before they consume their favorite foods. Maybe if we knew the harmful effects that the ingredients in everyday foods could potentially have on our body then we would rethink what foods we take in. When trying to persuade someone of these harmful effects, the audience is more likely to believe or understand what you are pitching to them if the author provides rhetorical elements such as ethos, pathos, and logos. If you appeal to the reader’s sense of emotion, provide credibility, as well as give logical evidence, you are guaranteed to make them have a better understanding while possibly convincing them of your argument. “Food Doesn’t Have to Wear Makeup” by Shilpa Ravella addresses the negative...
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...Martin Luther King’s argument for nonviolent protesting was immensely powerful because of its use of logos, ethos, pathos, and combinations thereof. Demonstrating his use of logos, King begins his argument by addressing the counter-argument of the clergy. Their call for a more “timely” act of nonviolence was answered with King’s consistent claim that change for the better requires pressure on those of authority. King maintained a consistent argument while refuting his fellow clergymen’s claims which exhibits his excellent handle on the use of logos. Using pathos, King then relates his beliefs to a situation many people could understand: explaining to his young daughter how segregation keeps her from enjoying the same luxuries as White children....
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