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Kepler's Supernova Ethos Worthy

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Ethos, by definition, is the action that tries to convince the reader or audience that the author of the piece is credible. In the proposal by, Stephan Reynolds, his writing piece revealed his experience and expertise within his field as within his introduction he incorporated citations that would back his statement that Kepler’s supernova happened due to a Type la event. Starting in the introduction the first clue to Reynolds credibility is his usage of citations to back up his claim, as he states that the supernova trace was due to “interaction with dense circumstellar medium, which could arise from a core-collapse event.” (Reynolds 1). He used information from another source to back his credibility as to why the supernova residue that Kepler

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