Common Enemy Ethos Pathos Logos

In the words of Ayn Rand, “The word We is as lime poured over men.” This quote portrays the book Anthem and the threats of “We” that take place during the red scare. Anthem, written by Ayn Rand, depicts a story that revolves around a young rebellious man who goes against the collective mind of his society and follows his passions and ideals in the world where everything about the past has been wiped out from a great war. Equality, with strong reasoning, had motivation of personal interest that allowed him to escape from the collective society Equality’s motivation is fueled by personal interest. “It is a sin to write this, It is a sin to think words no other think and to put them down upon a paper no others are to see.

Luke Moresea 10-17-14 Period 9 Documentary #2 Essay This documentary uses a lot of rhetoric devices throughout the entire movie. The purpose is to attract attention to the slaughtering of dolphins in Taiji, Japan. They want to attract attention to this matter because not only is this very cruel to these animals but it is also poisoning the civilians of Japan for eating dolphin meat because dolphin meat is very toxic with mercury.

The picture above is an example of the two rhetorics pathos and logos. This picture conveys both an emotional, portraying the cigarette as a gun, and a logical, the statistic that over 106,000 people die from cigarette related deaths each year, advertisement strategy. Pathos, mostly emotional impact on a reader, is clearly illustrated in the advertisement as through the picture of a hand holding a cigarette and the shadow of that hand is the shadow of a gun. This portrays the feeling that cigarettes are as lethal and malicious as that of the lethality of a firearm. Also, the advertisement channels the rhetoric of logos by providing a surprising legistic about the volatile deaths caused by the use of cigarettes.

Dave Cullen spends much of the beginning of the book going in depth about the community, which of course includes the school but more importantly the people. Cullen describes the victims lifes and what was important to them. He humanises them so we can better have empathy, knowing they were people with good hearts and lives just like ours. As he tells us more about the victims it forces the audience to except that they were real people, not just names. In this way he appealed to the audience's sense of pathos, making the audience realize the depth of the massacre.

Atticus Finch’s final speech to the jury in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird inspires readers of all ages. As any book critic will tell you Atticus gives one of the greatest speeches in literary history in order to defend Tom Robinson. In order to accomplish this feat Atticus applies the three appeals logos, ethos, and pathos.

Ethos, Pathos and Logos Bernard Roth author of The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing and Take Command of Your Life and professor at Stanford University taught a class in design thinking that helped students realize their potential to be the best they can be. In writing his book he makes effective use of the rhetorical triangle in appealing to the readers’ emotions, logical thinking and sense of value. In chapter one he uses each of these argumentative strategies especially effectively when he describes what it means to be successful. He begins chapter one by beginning a conversation with the reader saying, “Your Life has no meaning”.

In the essay "We're Safer Post 9/11" written by Eric Holder, Janet Napolitano, and James Clapper, a very intelligent, well descriptive work is published based on the days after the tragic 9/11 event. We all know that 9/11 was a very sad day and it destroyed the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Shanksville, Pa. The writers gave great examples as to how the United States has increased the safety of our country. We have took down most of the people and groups affiliated with the 9/11 attack and that is a great achievement accomplished. The attempt of proving how we have increased our safety was well expressed.

I think what I have learned most about the needs to support claims with research and validating them with proper citation is that you need to adopt a skeptical attitude toward all knowledge claims. If you want to use a source you need to make sure that it is credible you should also be able to screen sources much more quickly by testing them against your argument that is being made. Also if one has opinions to support or challenge a position, you will need to know which sources can be used. Ethos, pathos, and logos are important techniques to use and learn when trying to state an argument. I have learned the most that Pathos is an appeal to the reader’s emotions.

Martin Luther King’s historic I Have a Dream speech has a similar goal to Atticus Finch’s closing argument in the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Both speeches use rhetorical devices along with ethos, pathos, and logos to support and defend their points of view in the situations in which they exist. Through each of their wording and literary methods, they defend racial equality for their fellow humans. Both Martin Luther King and Atticus Finch have similar styles over conveying their views.

Rhetoric is an important analytical tool in comprehending the message of a text while conducting research. Recent research on learning styles has turned out a wide range of facts, figures, and statistics. By studying rhetoric, a researcher can better identify unbiased sources. Over the past several decades, awareness of the three learning styles has grown significantly. As a result, many educators have endeavored to spread understanding of the importance of learning styles in the classroom.

Before we're born, our lives are foretold. We're woven through puzzles until we're placed correctly, and we wait till our time comes. Our choices, actions, and beliefs are predicted by the Gods. Our blueprints are engraved in stone -- destined to follow their paths perfectly. Every step is planned, and every future is known.

This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace.” Those are the inspiring words of president George W. Bush in his 9/11 address after the horrific terrorist attacks on the American citizens. The address was given on 9/11/01, and Bush was assuring the American people that something is being done about the attacks and that they were not left unnoticed. Bush’s address was highly effective even though it relied predominantly on the aid of ethos and pathos, and logos was primarily overlooked.

During the trial in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Atticus uses the three forms rhetoric to defend Tom Robinson, Ethos, Logos, and Pathos. One of the major points Atticus uses demonstrates the first form of rhetoric, Ethos. At the ending of Atticus’ closing statement, he says, “I am confident that you gentlemen will review without passion the evidence you have heard, come to a decision, and restore the defendant to his family. In the name of God, do your duty” (Lee, 4). This statement demonstrates Ethos because he is appealing to the jury’s moral code, and their personal code of conduct.

Home Sweet Home In 2006, the organization known as “ASPCA” first surfaced due to an emotional rollercoaster of a commercial they had produced. ASPCA is a charitable organization that donates the proceeds collected to rescue animals from cruelty events such as dog-fighting, puppy mills, hoarding, and neglect as well as many other situations. The animals are then provided with food, shelter, and any other care they may be in need of. Throughout the ad, the producers provide the viewers with multiple uses of ethos, pathos and logo to create a visual representation of what those watching the ad can do to benefit the animals shown.

If giving out false information to persuade an audience is untruthful then why as a society we are still reaching for the untruthful? Persuasion is alternatively what all advertisements are aiming for no matter if it is for a product or idea. Over the use of methods like ethos, pathos, and logos advertisements become more appealing and compelling to everyday people. War propagandas especially utilize the methods, ethos and pathos to support the idea of glorify American and demonize enemies. The credibility of normal citizens was demonstrated throughout war propagandas to help develop their philosophy.