Introduction
Persuasion is an art; and mastering this art requires the manipulation of the rhetorical triangles: ethos, pathos, and logos. “Ethos” deals with the credibility of the author; “pathos” refers to the emotional appeal of the text; and “logos” is the logics behind the argument; and these three fundamental appeals are the basis of persuasion. The rhetorical methods used in the two visuals, "How to Gain or Lose 30 minutes of Life Everyday" and "People Kill with Guns More Than Any Other Weapon," both by Mark Fischetti will be analyzed, compared and contrasted in reference to the broader contexts of each source.
How to Gain or Lose 30 Minutes of Life Every Day
The purpose of this visual is to show the effects of certain activities or habits can on life expectancy. Instead of a cumulative number, David Spiegelhalter,
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Logos is the primary rhetoric in this visual with a tremendous of data and graphs presented to the audience. The bar graphs can be easily interpreted without looking at the specific numbers, but there is a scale available at the bottom for readers who seek the specific numbers. Pathos is conveyed through color schemes, font, and the design of the visual. The color scheme used is dark red, with a grey background and black texts appeals to the pathos of the viewers. The font use is not conventional, and gives a grotesque and unsettling feeling for the viewer. Additionally, the arrows used to connect the subtitle to the data are comparable to that of a police investigation board showing different connections, which is a subtle yet intentional design. Ethos is not expressed through the identity of the author, but through the source of the data, which is stated to be from “FBI data on more than 13,000 killing incidents in the U.S. in 2010.” The credibility of the visual is based on the readers’ trusting and believing the legitimacy of government
things did not go as planned, and ended in a disaster, the war turned against Germany. Hitler became surrounded by the Allied troops, with their military and submarines. That’s when Hitler came to believe, that Germany lost World War 1. He thought, by killing all the Jews would solve the problem. When the war ended he killed himself.
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.
Using pathos, logos, and ethos the author of this article, Alex Weiss, wrote about how ridiculous a Dutch Supreme Court ruling was about stealing virtual items in a video game. Pathos is a method of writing that includes the author’s emotions, feelings, and opinions towards a matter. It is usually used to persuade others into believing what the author is trying to say. Logos is a type of writing that deals with the logic behind it. Stating cold hard facts is a great way to show logos in one’s writing, for logos does not allow any emotion or opinions in its writing.
Ford uses the persuasive appeal of pathos in Paragraph 16 to appeal to the audience's sense of fear. By saying "These are the people who are falling victims to the propaganda of Fear today.". He said that because people fear change and are feeling victimized by it. Words like "fear" and "falling victims" show that people are afraid of change. Ford's motive is likely that he believes members of the audience do not want to be associated with the fear of change, so they would be optimistic and be on the side of change.
1. These words are strong sources of pathos appeal because it persuades the audience. He goes very deep, and at the same time he permits the audience understand in their way the ideas. This diction appeals to those values the audience contains. It also makes the tone a bit formal, appropriate for new president of the United States.
First I would like to thank you for the immediate response. As mention I am working on a new project, Tai felt you would be the best person for assistance. I am in the process of starting a nonprofit corporation, and in search of a logo. The logo must derive from who I am, who I want to be and who people perceive me to be.
How can an author get the reader attention? Readers don’t like to read boring books, articles or essay. There are many strategy an author can use such as an ethos, pathos, and logos. The author can either use an emotional appeal, which is pathos, the usage of statistic and facts makes it logos, when an author builds up their character they are using ethos. When analyzing I asked myself what are these concepts used for and how can one recognize these strategies when reading?
Answer these questions in their entirety. For each of these questions, you should do some research and cite the sources you’ve found to support your position You may use the book as one source. Bring the book and your notes to class. Look for other sources by researching academic articles, newspaper articles, magazine articles, excerpts from books, etc. to support your answers.
Choose kindness How are these persuasive techniques (Ethos, Logos, Pathos) being used in each video?- They use examples to teach you to put pity on someone even if your friends don’t. Is it effective? Why or why not?- Yes, because it makes you feel bad about what you may have done to people in the past.
September 11, 2001 is a day that has gone down in history as a tragic day in American history due to the horrific terrorist attacks caused by the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda. A couple of hours later following the attacks previous president George W Bush delivered a much-needed reassurance and a sense of leadership to the American people in his address to the nation when most American felt uneasy and unsure of what the future would look like. Bush uses several examples of Pathos, Ethos and Logos along with several uses of rhetorical devices to get American moral up from the ground. Pathos was used to evoke emotional responses from the audience. Logos was used to appeal to the audience’s sense of logic and reason the audience.
People have been persuading one another for thousands of years, they have been using three different types of appeals, ethos, pathos and logos. Over the thousands of years people have realized the easiest appeal to use is pathos: appealing to one’s emotions. As a man named, Francois de La Rochefoucauld, a French author once said “The passions are the only orators which always persuade.” (Rochefoucauld). So once you find the passions who persuade it becomes easy, but how can you find those passions in the first place?
Logos, Pathos and Ethos Public speaking through speeches has three general purposes, including informing, persuading, and entertaining (O'Hair, Stewart, & Rubenstein, 2015). When speaking to persuade, the speaker can leverage a variety of methods, including the three artistic proofs represented by Greek words (PathosEthosLogos.com, n.d.). The three modes of persuasion include logos, pathos, and ethos, each of which can be used to convince audiences of the speech and speaker’s credibility (PathosEthosLogos.com, n.d.). This paper will analyze the sample special occasion speech by President Barack Obama at the memorial service for Nelson Mandela for logos, pathos, and ethos. Logos Logos is the first of the three modes of persuasion.
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”.
The use of ethos, pathos, and logos is a powerful tool in persuasive speeches. Ethos refers to the credibility and trustworthiness of the speaker, pathos appeals to emotions, and logos appeals to logic and reason. In this essay, I will compare and contrast the use of ethos, pathos, and logos in two speeches: "The Gettysburg Address" by Abraham Lincoln and "Ain't I a Woman" by Sojourner Truth. Firstly, let's analyze "The Gettysburg Address.
In particular, visual and auditory components were used in the online video and news clip, contrasting the written form of medium used in the news article. In the news clip and online video, it provides a multidimensional message that is more engaging and effective in conveying its message as opposed to a written piece as it is able to engage with the audience on a more visceral level. The video helps convey the issues in Afghanistan through the usage of its visual and audio element to evoke an emotional connection towards the content in a way that the other medium can, for instance, visuals of the massacres,bombings, and buildings damaged from warfare were shown. The visuals in the video helps enrich the comprehension of the message being conveyed as it allows the audience to virtually live through the same experience without being there; moreover, our emotions have the power to modify our judgements, as the figurative language and narratives about these emotional events were few of the elements that influence our judgement, particularly, pathos was used to appeal the audience’s emotions. In addition, facts and figures were a method to persuade the audience by reason, convincing them that they are a reliable