Ethos and Pathos in This is Water Essay

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    Weintraub uses ethos in the article where he says “ The water district will be allowed to capture more water in flood years and save it for dry years.canals will be improved and new levies built. New land and new techniques will be employed to store reserves as groundwater that can be pulled back to the surface with wells and pumps”(1). The example represents ethos because it gives hope to the reader. This means that in the future the river will never dry up again because in flood years the water will go into water reserves for the dry years. The salmon will always have the river to go upstream because of the water preserves that they plan to build in the future. Another example of Weintraub using pathos is when he says “‘We did it because we felt that a settlement that had everyone on board would be an agreement that everybody could live with, and we could go forward working together’”(2). This example represents pathos because Weintraub suggests that there’s fairness between the salmon and the fisherman. This means that both sides get something in return out of the river project. This means that the river restoration project will let the salmon go upstream again and still help the farmers. Weintraub’s use of pathos betters McEwen use of pathos because Weintraub gives his readers hope and explains how both sides get something out of the river restoration…

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    by 2080, New York City will be under 3 feet of water due to rising sea levels? Most of these facts are not well known and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) seeks to change this. The WWF’s “mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on Earth” and this mission statement is displayed effectively through their advertisements. The WWF had an advertisement campaign to target global warming using homeless animals as the focus point. The advertisement I…

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    years, laying the...salmon fisher.” This relates to my thesis using ethos because when people find out that the president also gives a positive outlook on the project, them that gives off a vibe to people through emotions. We know this because if the president chooses one thing, then people start to think the same way as the president because they feel like it would be the best thing to do since he has authority. I agree with the president and Weintraub that this project is a good idea. Another…

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    Restoration Project Offers a Sprinkle of Hope” I found to be the most informative. I believe the 400 I chose this article because, It provides positive outlook on the project.I believe this author because he has the support of the president and a U.C Davis professor. He suggests a plan for the future.The Sacramento Bee was the name of the newspaper that publishes this article. The article was published in CA’s capitol, where the big business and politics are important. The article was published…

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    Andersen’s article employs logos, ethos, and pathos which they either enhance or weaken his argument. The appeal that would be the most essential to his argument is a toss up between ethos and logos. Ethos may have a slight edge because he shows his credibility by recalling his past during the decades, proving that he is knowledgeable of a topic, and highlighting the credibility of his sources. Andersen uses logos frequently to support many of his claims such as statistics, facts, and accounts…

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    important. Book covers need to be intriguing to the reader to make the reader want to read the book. Throughout all of my schooling have found that most of the books I need to read have horrible covers. You have to ask yourself, Will I even read this book? Or does this cover make me what to read this book? I believe that when you buy something you have to have a personal connection to enjoy it fully. Think about it, we do our best to make a great first impression with people. For book covers it…

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    Stern says. ‘we need more efforts to capture water- not to divert it’”(2). Once again the water problem does not go unmentioned through the use of ethos. Stern, a director of the Lyles Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Fresno State, states this quotation which causes the reader to believe that it obtains more validation. Another quote with the use of ethos, “According the the experts at UC Davis studying California's rapidly declining salmon populations; the fish ‘are exceptionally…

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    information is given. Different styles of rhetoric is used that dates back to ancient times. This is ethos, pathos, and logos. The documentary starts with Al Gore narrating over a peaceful scenery of trees and a water stream, but then the scene changes to him in a lecture hall. This juxtaposition…

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    1. Which persuasive technique (ethos, logos, pathos) does the sample paper use in the introduction? Does it do this effectively? The introduction paragraph of the sample essay effectively uses the persuasive technique of pathos. The author incorporated pathos by showing what a baby is thinking when their parent uses the Ferber Method. The author played on the emotions of the reader by mentioning pain felt by the baby from crying, being hungry and no one paying attention. The author also shows…

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    disease repleted water, acidic oceans, and cancer causing agents in tap water, either follow proper regulations or getting around them. There are many means to limit the costly effects that sewage facilities and manufacturing industries cause without limiting our lives, so why should the planet suffer due to their mistakes? (pathos) Swimming in someone else’s feces does not sound ideal, right? Right, yet it is not implausible. Ubiquitous sewages are drained straight into the oceans. In some…

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