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Ethos, Logos, Pathos

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    A review of rhetoric for writing essays.
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  • What is rhetoric?
    The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.
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  • What does "ethos" mean in the original Greek?
    "Character"
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  • What does it mean to appeal to someone's ethos?
    You tell how trustworthy or credible someone is
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  • What is the original Greek translation for "logos?"
    "word"
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  • How would an essay appeal to someone's logos?
    It would appeal to someone's sense of logic
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  • What is the original Greek for "Pathos?"
    "suffering" or "experience"
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  • How do you write an appeal to someone's pathos?
    You would try to make the person feel something (anger, fear, jealousy, etc.)
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  • What is the original Greek for "kairos?"
    “right time,” “season,” or “opportunity”
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  • How would a paper appeal to kairos?
    The paper would be about a timely or modern topic
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  • What appeal is this ad using?
    Pathos
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  • When companies hire celebrities to endorse their products, what appeal are they using?
    Ethos
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  • What appeal(s) is this ad using?
    Logos, pathos
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  • When you use stats and facts, you are appealing to your audience's sense of which appeal?
    Logos
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