Letter to the Editor: An Unreliable Source After having researched through several different letters to editor’s I found a topic that I found interesting since I am just now starting college classes this year. The letter to the editor I discovered is titled “Universities Teaching Racism.” It was written by a Jacqueline A. Postal. She goes on to try to prove her claim by using bias and a few unexplained quotes. Postal uses pathos heavily in her text to incite her audience’s emotions. However, even though the text seems to rely on pathos there are trace amounts of ethos and logos in her writing that should be discussed to explain why the writing would not prove to be an effective argument. Postal starts her writing with pathos in a statement with loaded words to spark a reaction in her audience. The exact text used is: …show more content…
However, while stating sources does give her a certain degree of logos the way she did not support them with more information shows the lack of ethos in the text. One example of this is in her second paragraph when she tried to use twitter to justify her claim of racism. Even though it was a direct statement from the man she was considering a racist, the way she supports the statement is weak. “Last week on Twitter George Ciccariello-Maher, associate professor of political science at Drexel, called for white genocide. He tweeted that “when the whites were massacred during the Haitian Revolution, that was a good thing indeed.” (Postal). Yes, the source does show that there was a racist undertone in his tweet, the way she goes on to justify this as information however, destroys her argument on this specific event. The reason that her argument becomes invaluable as a reliable source is because of her wording and unprofessional use of the information she had. Postal goes on to
It has always been a rather effective way of getting people’s attention. However, did Smith succeed in persuading the reader that she was just in her protest? Smith’s usage of pathos, ethos, and logos will be analyzed, her overall impact on the reader, and effectiveness
This is how a you tube usually tends to look like it’s a video and you have the title of what you re trying to promote. In this case The man is advertising burger king. When it comes to making a video ad the most important thing you need to add is Pathos. If it doesn't have pathos the viewer won't get attached to video and won't find it effective or interesting.
This paragraph will critique the group’s ethos used throughout the essay. First, it was great to start the introduction paragraph with information for the reader to know what to expect the essay to be about. Secondly, referring to the seventh paragraph, it is the best paragraph using ethos. It uses many credible sources from the citations. It displays the knowledge the group have about the material with many examples and it was executed well with strong use of word choice.
Parker develops her idea by continuously providing examples of occurrences, followed by commentary. Her point of this article is to inform people about their actions, in order to prevent an act of trying to be sensible into insensitivity. Parker establishes a semi-formal relationship with her audience of mainly professors who are ambivalent about the appropriateness of certain literature. Kathleen Parker, in her article, “Erasing the Race Card” (April 17, 2014), suggests that today’s societies are still heavily racially divided. Parker develops her idea by providing instances where racial beliefs had affected politics and everyday social life.
Advertisements are the key way to get a buyer's attention. The seller has to be able to put out a quick message, to make the buyer want and need the product which they are trying to tell. Now looking at types of advertisements such as Pathos, and Ethos, we often see these in a lot of ads and billboards. Pathos building that emotions in the buyer, and Ethos telling someone's character, of that person and building their trust.
1. Describe the type of speech--informative, persuasive, celebratory. Why? I would say overall this speech was celebratory with persuasive tones throughout. This speech was made to commemorate and celebrate the accomplishments of what has been done so far in the United States, while urging for action from each party and member of states in order to make a better America.
This allows the audience to know that she can relate to the situation. Most everyone texts and it can be easy to allow such language to bleed over into any type of formal writing. She, however, believes that people have enough common sense and control and that most people don't allow themselves to use such language in their final drafts of their formal writings. Despite establishing her credibility and strong use of logos, she does, however, lack in pathos. She fails at truly connecting with the reader on a more personal and emotional level.
Introductory Paragraph Bernie Sanders' presence was very calm but aggressive and it helped him get his point across during the speech. Bernie in the speech addresses right for different individuals, poverty, and events happening right now that require everyone's attention. Bernie Sanders' speech was effective and informative because of the connection he made with most of the audience, his morals, and the knowledge he has on the topic spoken about. Body Paragraph 1 (Connection w/ audience) From the beginning of the speech, he connected with most audience members which benefited him throughout the speech.
Scheindlin explains the flaws that mandatory sentences have and how their impact effect people and the community. She uses pathos, logos and ethos to expand and back up her claim of the negative effects of these laws. Retire federal judge Scheindlin expressed her dislike of the minimal sentences laws that she was required to carry out during her career. She gave countless reason why the laws caused more harm than good to those these laws affected. She used a man named Fabre to explain how these unfair law negatively affected people and those around them.
Using her eye-catching title method, Parker brings even more dispute when she displays the rest of her content. Personally, I feel that this specific column of hers was a little cluttered. The article starts with her using ethos to shows the different percentages of blacks and whites who believe that Donald Trump does not “respect people of color as much as he respects white people.” She makes the statement that what we see as racially divided is really partisanaly divided. But after the introduction, she then goes on to talk about a tax bill that had passed enables tax-free saving plans for collage.
Thinking about what truly brings you happiness, what can you think of ? Do you think of the old shirt in the back of your closet that you haven’t worn in years, maybe it's time to get rid of it. In the TED talk” Less stuff, more happiness" presented by Graham Hill in October of 2011 he informs the audience about rethinking if you need everything in your life. He gives this speech to the TED audience in hopes to make a difference in their lives.
Additionally, the author could better improve this article by appealing to ethos. He already has appealed to logos and pathos, and it would only make his argument stronger by appealing to
It makes sense then why the author used logos and ethos claims more than a few scattered pathos claims: in order to establish her intellectual ability with her audience and earn the respect of the reader. With this in mind, it’s understandable why Kingsbury generally avoids using pathos arguments; arguments that undermine the rhetor’s authority. It is clear that Kingsbury knows her audience, and uses that knowledge to persuade them
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.
Ethos, logos, and pathos are forms of the rhetorical choices the author used to further convey her argument to her audience. Her use of ethos is noted in the beginning of the nonfiction piece, where she discusses her career as an author and newspaper writer; she lists her credentials and gives the readers information about her life. Each of the footnotes Ehrenreich inscribed at the bottoms of pages in the book serves as a use of logos; they are statistics and historical records providing data about companies, labor laws, and other information pertinent to previous passages. Pathos involves the author appeals to the audience’s emotions, and Ehrenreich achieves this when describing her co-worker's lives. They have limited time with family and friends due to being occupied full time by their