Example Of Ethos Pathos Logos

Anyone who knows me, knows that I do tend to use persuasion a lot. Over my winter break I used lots of persuasion. Those including Logos, Ethos, and Pathos. I used those three persuasion techniques while trying to go to a party, going shopping, and when trying to go to a friend’s house. While on break I used the persuasion technique Logos. It means that logic is used to support a claim. Over the break I was invited to a Christmas party that a few of my friends were going to. When I told my parents about it they weren’t too fond of my plans. I used logos and had logical reasons as to why I should go. My reasons were that I don’t even like to disobey my parents. That means that even if I went to that party, I would not be doing anything that my parents would not want me doing. Also another reason I had was there was going to be parent at the party. That made them feel better about it. After giving them my logical reasons, they allowed me to go to the party. Another example of my use of persuasion over break is when I went shopping with my little brother. I used Ethos to help persuade him to purchase clothing. Ethos means the source’s credibility. I said that I am a credible source when it comes to buying clothes because I am in high school. Since I am in high school, I know the types of …show more content…
Pathos is persuading by appealing to the reader’s emotions. I told my brother that I wanted to go to my friend’s house. He didn’t feel like taking me there. I told him that I really missed my friends and that it made me sad because I hadn’t seen them in over a week. I do not think that my persuasion really appealed to him until I added that I knew that he missed his friends when he was at college. I told him that I’m sure he wanted to see his friends once he got home from college. Once I said that, he agreed to drive me to my friend’s