A Rhetorical Analysis Of Ethos, Logos And Kirros

Living in the 21st century, one can agree or disagree that technology is destroying one of the most cherished daily occurrences, human interaction. Melissa Niles, an independent Art and Entertainment editor, believes that technology is, in fact, destroying human interaction on a daily basis. She poses her argument through an article that uses rhetorical devices such as Ethos, Pathos, Logos and Kairos. The combination of these three argumentative devices gives the reader a sense of where Niles is coming from and why she thinks technology is ruining a much cherished part of life. Ethos, which is an appeal to ethics, or giving someone credibility is shown throughout this article. To begin, Niles lives in the 21st century. Living in this era gives her credibility alone because of the amount of technology she is surrounded with. Mid-way through the article, she begins to talk about social media and the actual “friendships” that are kept through these online profiles. She uses a friend from her home as an example stating, “One of my best friends from my hometown has 2,241 Facebook friends. Sure, her posts get a ton of feedback, but when I …show more content…
This is called Logos. Niles uses examples throughout her article that shows the reader personal interaction is much better than technological interaction. She is very bland with her argument which makes the reader almost feel stupid if they do not agree with her. One of her bland arguments stated, “Instead of spending time in person with friends, we just call, text or instant message them. It may seem simpler, but we ultimately end up seeing our friends face to face a lot less. Ten texts can’t even begin to equal an hour spent chatting with a friend over lunch” (Niles). Even because logos was not used as strongly as ethos and pathos, Niles still found a way to make the reader feel a sense logic to her