Rhetoric is the study and art of persuasion. Through rhetorical analysis, we may come to assess whether or not we can accept the persuader’s argument, and so choose what we accept as truth. One very common rhetorical device is Pathos, which is defined as the appeal to emotion. An effective persuasion is one which at its root appeals to Logos, our logical reasoning. If there is no reason to the rhetorical rhyme, the value of the argument is lost in that it would be unreasonable to be emotionally moved over nothing. To use the appeal to emotion as the only vehicle in the persuasion of an argument is at best fallacious, and at worst deceptive and manipulative. The appeal to emotion paired with a sound or cogent appeal to logical reasoning, however, can make for a compelling and conceptive persuasion, inspiring the subject with a great sense of value and
Rhetoric is the study and art of persuasion. Through rhetorical analysis, we may come to assess whether or not we can accept the persuader’s argument, and so choose what we accept as truth. One very common rhetorical device is Pathos, which is defined as the appeal to emotion. An effective persuasion is one which at its root appeals to Logos, our logical reasoning. If there is no reason to the rhetorical rhyme, the value of the argument is lost in that it would be unreasonable to be emotionally moved over nothing. To use the appeal to emotion as the only vehicle in the persuasion of an argument is at best fallacious, and at worst deceptive and manipulative. The appeal to emotion paired with a sound or cogent appeal to logical reasoning, however, can make for a compelling and conceptive persuasion, inspiring the subject with a great sense of value and