Reading Question 8, Investigating “Logos, Ethos, Pathos”
According to Writing Today, Aristotle, a philosopher, and rhetorician, arguments use three kinds of “proof”. Aristotle named these, “Logos”, “Ethos”, and “Pathos”, the Greek terms still used today. First, let us look at “logos”, simply logic and reasoning. Using “logos” in our writing, we establish a connection to the reader by appealing to their sense of logic or reasoning. “Ethos” the second of our “proof” methods, appealing to readers by establishing credibility, or “authority” as an expert on the subject can be done in a variety of ways, the most basic, that of a personal experience. One might use “admissions of limitations” to appeal to the reader or perhaps provide the reader with
According to Writing Today, Aristotle, a philosopher, and rhetorician, arguments use three kinds of “proof”. Aristotle named these, “Logos”, “Ethos”, and “Pathos”, the Greek terms still used today. First, let us look at “logos”, simply logic and reasoning. Using “logos” in our writing, we establish a connection to the reader by appealing to their sense of logic or reasoning. “Ethos” the second of our “proof” methods, appealing to readers by establishing credibility, or “authority” as an expert on the subject can be done in a variety of ways, the most basic, that of a personal experience. One might use “admissions of limitations” to appeal to the reader or perhaps provide the reader with