My first time walking into class, I had no clue what Composition II was about. Professor Ratcliffe explained the purpose of this class which was based on argument writing. She explained how logos, pathos, ethos, and kairos would strengthen our arguments on topics related to the environmental science field. During high school, I had a general knowledge on what these elements were, but I never realized the purpose of them until I came across persuading an audience in Comp. II. Throughout the fall semester, I learned where I struggled the most and what my strengths were, yet I still have more improvement to grasp on before my weaknesses can eventually become strengths. In my first essay, I struggled with inserting attributive tags. Whenever a …show more content…
It 's effective because it 's a way of urging an audience to take action or take a side on any topic. When it comes to kairos, the audience is designated a reason to take action NOW!. For example, in my second essay, The Only Method To Conservation, it urged people to support hunters to sustain animal population. “Overpopulation is growing at a steady pace which is an issue in today’s society . If populations continue to grow at this current rate without hunters; our planet will not be able to sustain animal population”. The usage of kairos encourages people to support hunters for this cause in order to prevent overpopulation in the future (“The Only Method To Conservation” 3). Overpopulation would cause competition between people for the scarce resources (water, food, shelter and etc.). Another example where kairos was implemented was in A Drone’s Eye View Of Conservation, where people are urged to consider using technological means in order to preserve wildlife. “Preserving the wildlife is an issue at stake in the 21st century. Finding alternative methods to this matter is the question that is left unresolved”(“ A Drone’s Eye View Of Conservation”5). If people don 't act quickly then numbers for preserving wildlife would reduce drastically causing the animal population to become extinct. The purpose of this rhetorical device is to influence individuals to take action now as opposed to a couple years from now …show more content…
This is presented by appealing to an individual 's logical way of thinking by demonstrating facts or figures to support a point. For example in, A Drone’s Eye View Of Conservation, statistics and numbers are shown which causes a person to react differently. “If a law was to be broken, an individual could face a fine up to $100,000 and one year imprisonment.” A sanction of an amount like this one would cause an individual think twice before breaking the law, persuading her/him to think twice before their decision. It’s logical that if something wrong is committed, that there will be a punishment put into place, which is the purpose behind this quote. In regards to pathos, its function is the ability to persuade someone through emotions or feelings. In, A Drone’s Eye View Of Conservation, people do not want to see others develop damage. Ultimately, they don 't want animals suffering or being threatened. “But unfortunately, these animals are under constant threat and the setting is too risky for soldiers to get in gunfights against poachers”. Watching people perish and animals suffer is not something we want and if it means searching for alternatives to avoid these measures then they will occur. Ultimately, the ethical strategies I felt strong in were pathos and logos, but felt short when it came to
There are three methods of persuasion when speaking or writing to an audience: Ethos, Logos, and Pathos. Ethos uses a type of socially recognized authority as its voice. Logos uses logic and reasoning as its tool. Lastly, Pathos uses emotional attachment. For instance, the advertising industry primarily utilizes Ethos and Pathos reasoning and qualities, particularly a Matthew Mcconaughey Lincoln Motor Company commercial, and a Safe driving bonus check Ally Insurance commercial.
Effectively communicating an idea or opinion requires several language techniques. In his study of rhetoric, Aristotle found that persuasion was established through three fundamental tools. One is logos, which is used to support an argument through hard data and statistics. Another is ethos, which is the credibility of an author or speaker that allows an audience to conclude from background information and language selection a sense of knowledge and expertise of the person presenting the argument. The impact of pathos, however, is the most effective tool in persuasion due to the link between emotions and decisions. Although each of these tools can be effective individually, a combination of rhetorical devices when used appropriately has the ability to sway an audience toward the writer’s point of view.
The emotional state of any given person’s mind can determine the way in which they think, act, behave, or respond to any certain event. When used correctly, persuasion is a deadly weapon at the tip of your tongue, and it certainly can, and will, help you obtain your desired outcome. So, if anyone may not know, what do you truthfully use to manipulate the thoughts of others? Well, whether you are aware or not, your strategies more than likely fall under ethos, pathos, or logos, that of which, I would like to uncover in the speech of Margaret Sanger.
I am analyzing a commercial put on by the Hawaii State Department of Health's statewide health promotion campaign. This commercial is titled Re-think your drink and shows why choosing water, 100% juice, and low fat/1% milk is a healthier choice in beverages. Drinking one can of soda or juice a day can make a person 10 pounds heavier a year! Rhetorical devices that I have found in this text are pathos and ethos. The purpose of this analysis is to determine whether this commercial is effective or persuasive. The re-think your drink commercial for the start living healthy campaign is both effective and persuasive. Its pathos affects my emotion because it compares the amount of sugar in soda to a cup of orange junk. The rhetorical devices in this text have made "re-thinking my drink" very effective. This commercial is important because people that drink soda or juice don't realize how much sugar and fat that one can contains. To see orange junk come out of a can besides drinkable liquid is not appetizing at all.
In Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, pathos, logos and ethos are evidently and effectively used to persuade the audience into believing Caesar was not ambitious and that he was an innocent man. Throughout the speech the citizens were easily persuaded, but Anthony’s intellectual speeches made the audience question and imagine what they have turned into. Anthony used these three rhetorical appeals to win back the citizens just like many people do today. The power of pathos, logos and ethos in a speech can change one mind in an instant and if successfully used can change a mind to be fully persuaded without confusion.
In the time of ancient Greece, there were a category of teachers called the sophists who believed that wisdom and Rhetoric could and should be used for profit and personal gain. Aristotle, a well-known teacher, disagreed with this completely and believed that while Rhetoric is persuasive, it should be used morally and with good intentions. He stressed the idea of using moral standards along with emotion, logic and truth to persuade any audience. Almost 1000 years later, Augustine took this step even further with the use of rhetoric within religion practice. He emphasized the idea that rhetoric is a means by which to promote good will and spread truth. Today, modern rhetorician Dubinsky would take this step even further, by stating that Rhetoric isn’t just a means to an end. Rhetoric improves our very lives and unites people under a common good with the proper ethics. While it is unfortunate that they are from different time periods, Aristotle, St Augustine, and Dubinsky would surely all agree that Rhetoric is a means by which regular people can be persuasive with their ideals. All while using the right morals, good intentions, and correct ethics to do so, so that any regular person can influence and change their world, from the simplest of arguments to the greatest of debates. That is why I believe we should study these famous rhetoricians, because their teachings teach us how to become better people and better writers. Aristotle, St. Augustine, and Dubinsky believed in Ethos, Pathos, and Logos, which means studying and working with your audience to persuade them in such way that you’re collaborating for the benefit of both the writer and the reader.
In conclusion, the video Ad Campaign for Physician-Assisted Death by Kelsey Milbourn proved to be a great example of the rhetorical situation. Throughout this video, Milbourn was able to effectively persuade her audience with the use ethos, pathos, and logos. These three forms of persuasion are important in making an argument because they provide the facts while playing with the emotions of an audience. I believe Milbourn did an excellent job of persuading her audience through using theses persuasion techniques.
This course and writing these essays has drastically improved my writing capabilities. Before this course I could not write an enthymeme or effectively write an argumentative paper. Establishing a clear and strong enthymeme to a question at issues helps me organize my ideas within the body paragraphs and keeps me from becoming repetitive. I understand now that addressing a counter argument strengthens my paper and helps tell the reader that you know your topic and have strong reasons. I look forward to using the writing skills I learned in this class towards future writing opportunities either with my studies or outside of school. I will continue to use enthymemes to effectively state my claim and reason and to strengthen my argument.
Aristotle’s mode of persuasion Logos, Pathos and Ethos are all components often used to persuade an audience. Logos appeals to logic or stating the facts, Pathos taps into your emotions and Ethos demonstrates the presenter’s credibility. Determining which appeal was used will assist you on having a clear understanding if you should buy into the idea, product etc.
Human nature prevents us from ignoring hurtful emotions. Using the pathos method of persuasion, the persuader taps into the uncontrollable part of human beings, our emotions. Pathos uses strong imagery to coax the viewer into giving in to whatever the cause may be. For example, the Humane Society may use pictures of depressed (yet adorable) puppies to manipulate viewers into pet adoptions.
Aristotle believes that there are three important rhetoric devices used in the art of persuasion. These rhetoric appeals are most commonly known as pathos, ethos, and logos. Pathos is used for creating emotional appeals like anger or happiness to persuade the audience on a certain claim. Ethos, in arguments, creates a sense of trustworthiness between the author and audience to make an appeal credible. Logos uses strategies of logic like inductive and deductive reasoning to persuade viewers. In a 1995 Nike advertisement known as, “If you let me play,” pathos, logos, and ethos are rhetoric devices utilized to portray a better way of life for young girls that are involved in sports.
Every day we are victims to persuasion whether anyone can notice it or not. Logos, pathos and ethos are the types of persuasion. Logos persuades by reason, pathos by appealing to emotion and ethos by the credibility of the author. The characters in The Iliad employ the use of these techniques to sway another character into doing or feeling something else.
Edlund, John R. Ethos, Logos, Pathos: Three Ways to Persuade.” Cal Poly Pomona, n.d. Web. 6
The art of rhetoric is an essential and prevalent tool in various aspects of past, present, and future societies. Aristotle lets “rhetoric be [defined as] an ability, in each [particular] case, to see the available means of persuasion” (Aristotle, 115). Rhetoric, when used accurately, allows a speaker to be inspirational, captivating, and thought-provoking. However, the results of correctly using rhetoric can be negative or positive, for example the horrendous aftermath of Hitler’s use of rhetoric when convincing a whole half continent that race extermination is permissible. Gorgias of Leontini’s Encomium of Helen demonstrates a clear application of rhetoric during his pursuit of riding Helen of Troy of her ill reputation. I will elaborate
During the course of this semester; the variety of writing styles and essays assigned to me in my communication skills class encouraged the development of my writing skills, as well as provided me with more self-assurance in my abilities. My writing, research, and presentation abilities enhanced through practice, determination, and the understanding I gained during this course. With every single writing assignment, I learned new innovative approaches and skills, which enhanced my abilities to improve my thoughts logically, enabling me to write more clearly, and to organize my papers more effectively. At the beginning of this semester; despite the fact that I already knew the terminology MAP: message, audience, purpose; I never really understood the significance of MAP. For this reason, my writing lacked clarity, organization, and my writings appeared less focused on the topics. As a result my research papers and essays did not flow as smoothly from one passage to the next. Furthermore, I was unaccustomed with the precise procedures used when writing an essay. For instance, my previous classes before college, although requiring a reference page, did not require me to include proper citations in my writings. After evaluating the quality of my writing toward the end of the semester, I recognized vast improvements in several areas of my writing. By concentrating on the beginning stages of my writings, I could distinguish ahead of time my audience and my message. As a result, my essays are clear, and I remain on topic. In addition to that using transition phrases efficiently also helps my writing to flow smoothly. The proper use of transitions makes my writings easy to follow from one topic to the next. I also learned that pre-writing...