Rhetorical Appeal Of Ethos

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----- did not show that she was trustworthy, she demonstrated signs of paranoia the opposite of what ethos represents. A good representation of ethos is to demonstrate to the audience that the author is trustworthy and established, but being a woman from the west is not enough representations for the rhetorical appeal of ethos. Ethos is the beginning of an argument or advertisement, the audience asks “who is this?”, ------- is a nobody by educational standards and to establish any ethos she needs credible sources to stabilize her argument. If ----- can find a specialist to represent her argument or find credible sources her ethos and argument would be

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