The students listening to Morrison's address immediately know why she is there and it’s no hidden answer. She is there to speak directly to them, to congratulate them, share words of wisdom, and express to them the importance of the knowledge they have just been given. Morrison immediately starts off her speech with, “this ceremony is known as commencement. Those of you who are graduating as well as relatives, parents, friends, understand that this moment is also the end - end of a definitive college experience. But it’s not called termination. To commence is to begin- to start something new, to enter new terrain, to launch a career begun here at Rutgers.” Ethos is seen here because she is able to establish credibility by letting the students
