In my search for a video to write over, I stumbled upon a title that struck me immediately. “There’s more to life than being happy” is a speech written by Emily Esfahani Smith and covers a deep issue that society faces. What is the purpose of life? According to Smith, meaning in life gives people something to hold on to, which, consequently, brings a deeper fulfillment than superficial happiness. Utilizing the three essential appeals to an audience; ethos, logos, and pathos, Smith has created a speech that captures her audience's interest, effectively sends her message, and impresses upon a person what they should be searching for.
Ethos is one of the three rhetorical appeals and involves the trust that a speaker needs to gain in order to deliver an effective argument. In Smith’s speech, she clearly indicates that she is a trustworthy speaker using the individual aspects of ethos. Firstly, good sense is the intellectual capacity of ethos. Secondly, good character is the moral aspect of ethos. Thirdly, good will means that a speaker has an unbiased and well-meant disposition in …show more content…
This effectively contributes to the logos of her presentation since the topic is clearly recognized within the first few lines. She further narrows the span of her topic down to whether or not there is more purpose in life than being happy when she asks that very question.
Throughout her speech, she has a clear idea that she is presenting. People are happiest when the search for and have meaning in life rather than focusing on artificial happiness. This is effective for her in most of the speech. While her mention of Sufism adds more personal depth to her topic, it detracts from the clear organizational pattern of the speech as a
Ethos is one of the three rhetorical appeals and involves the trust that a speaker needs to gain in order to deliver an effective argument. In Smith’s speech, she clearly indicates that she is a trustworthy speaker using the individual aspects of ethos. Firstly, good sense is the intellectual capacity of ethos. Secondly, good character is the moral aspect of ethos. Thirdly, good will means that a speaker has an unbiased and well-meant disposition in …show more content…
This effectively contributes to the logos of her presentation since the topic is clearly recognized within the first few lines. She further narrows the span of her topic down to whether or not there is more purpose in life than being happy when she asks that very question.
Throughout her speech, she has a clear idea that she is presenting. People are happiest when the search for and have meaning in life rather than focusing on artificial happiness. This is effective for her in most of the speech. While her mention of Sufism adds more personal depth to her topic, it detracts from the clear organizational pattern of the speech as a