Weekly Response According to one of the greatest philosopher and scientist, Aristotle, who believed and argued about three types of rhetorical appeals that help a person to become a better writer and speaker. First rhetorical appeal is Ethos, defines the way of person convinces someone to believe him/her simply by his/her character and trustworthiness. The second is the strongest emotional appeal that Aristotle described was Pathos, appeals the audience by their feelings, beliefs, and self-interests. The third appeal is the most important technique which will be often used in persuasive speech is logos which refers to logic, fact or reason. Moreover, based on the most famous psychologist Carl Rogers, who assumed that solving a solution would not be a problem if a writer and reader finds the “common ground” (Rogers), which it consists of beliefs, values, goals, and opinions. The Rogerian Argument has four main parts: introduction, opposing view, describing your own view points and conclusion. …show more content…
On the other hand, the three appeals can cause a reader or an audience to have negative impressions or reactions and makes the argument resilient. The Rogerian argument is weaker than an Aristotelian argument because the author’s argument is unconvincing and makes the audience decide and solve a problem by themselves. It also avoids the negative actions, fragile language, and it helps to create a trust between the author and