People have been persuading one another for thousands of years, they have been using three different types of appeals, ethos, pathos and logos. Over the thousands of years people have realized the easiest appeal to use is pathos: appealing to one’s emotions. As a man named, Francois de La Rochefoucauld, a French author once said “The passions are the only orators which always persuade.” (Rochefoucauld). So once you find the passions who persuade it becomes easy, but how can you find those passions in the first place?
Repetition is one of the most effective ways of appealing to emotion. One great example of a person using repetition was Jesus. In the book of Matthew, he says, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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Many speakers like doing this to force on persuasion through your emotions, like when Obama says, “together, we will begin the next great chapter in the American story” (Obama). This is a fancy way of saying we can change the USA, and with approval ratings of the American government at an all time low, that is something a lot of Americans were looking for. He also showed this, in his campaign, by putting hope and change on most of his campaign posters. From the previous examples both Martin Luther King and Jesus were both trying to inspire either hope or change in people. Jesus was trying to change people and this inspired hope in people that if they changed they would have a better life. Martin Luther King was trying to persuade people that if we desegregated this country it would be a better place and he to was attempting to inspire hope for change. Even Antony showed that life could have changed for the better under Caesar by showing the plebeians the will of Caesar. This has been used many more times in literature and speeches, like when George is telling Lenny about the farm they are going to have in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, or in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes where Watching God when Joe convinces Janie to go with him so she can change her lifestyle. All these people used the desire for hope and change to there advantage , therefore, there ideas were passed along and there …show more content…
Consequently, they become much more open to ideas if they feel they are a part of it. In his speech, Mark Antony does this, he starts out his speech by saying, “friends, romans and countrymen,” (III.ii.82). When he says friend he puts himself on their level, he makes it seem like he is one of them, and people are more open to people like them. He also speaks in poetry instead of pros, consequently, they feel respected and smart because they feel respected by Antony. Obama also does this a lot, in his New Hampshire speech he says the word we approximately 60 times, that is about as many times as he says the words the, or and. This makes people feel much more involved with Obama’s campaign, it makes them feel like he is a more personable candidate, being personable makes the voters feel like they should vote for him. Knowing this, Obama puts a big emphasis on the word we. Being personal with people actually helps them feel what you are feeling a lot better and when you are trying to persuade someone that is really
There are three appeals that focus on specific effects of an argument which is logos, ethos and pathos. Logos is logic and reason, ethos is credibility and trust, and pathos is emotion and empathy. In “Federico’s Ghost,” by Martin Espads, the poem provides an appeal to pathos. The main message of the poem was about how the crop duster didn’t care about Federico and the workers in the field. Martin Espada stated how the workers were sprayed with pesticide and how Federico got very hurt and died.
Throughout centuries, persuasion has been used to argue your point of view, whether it was the ability to give reason, or to cite evidence to support that idea. Jonathan Edwards, a Puritan preacher, used the power of appeal to reach his audience during a sermon. During Mr. Edwards sermons, he was able to capture the audience's attention by using many literary techniques such as; imagery to scare the literal hell out of people, the contrast of God's wrath and grace, and the demeanor in which he spoke in. An effective method that Mr. Edwards uses in his sermon, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, is the detailed and vivid imagery he conveys while speaking.
I think what I have learned most about the needs to support claims with research and validating them with proper citation is that you need to adopt a skeptical attitude toward all knowledge claims. If you want to use a source you need to make sure that it is credible you should also be able to screen sources much more quickly by testing them against your argument that is being made. Also if one has opinions to support or challenge a position, you will need to know which sources can be used. Ethos, pathos, and logos are important techniques to use and learn when trying to state an argument. I have learned the most that Pathos is an appeal to the reader’s emotions.
Whether one is reading some form of text, or watching a commercial, the author or sponsor is conveying a message. Depending on whether the text or commercial is meant to inform, persuade, or simply entertain, there is always a purpose behind it. However, it’s up to the reader or viewer to comprehend what he or she is viewing. The act of determining the rhetorical strategies the author or sponsor is using to entertain, inform, or persuade a specific audience is called rhetorical analysis. Some rhetorical strategies include: logos, ethos, and pathos.
Pathos uses these ways to persuade; metaphors, stories, humor, words that evoke people emotionally, and changing of the tone of voice. The last appeal is "ethos" refers to
I used anaphoras, rhetorical questions, devices, analogies, and epigraphs to express the ethos, pathos, and logos in my speech. I wrote with anaphoras to get the point of America failing over and over again across to the reader. This gets the reader emotional and upset about America’s choices made, which makes the above pathos. I used rhetorical questioning to make the audience really think about the topic and to dissect all of the information given before the question. These form a light bulb in the audience’s head and again, make them think harder.
How does a person make themselves more persuasive and trustworthy? The answer is rhetorical appeals. There are three main appeals that allow a person to be more persuasive and active in a speech or writing including pathos, logos, and ethos.
Everyone has their own opinion on “clutter.” Some may consider it to be a waste of space and others may think that it has value. Author Steve Almond, believes that clutter is something that needs to be treasured; he explains this in his article “In Defense of Male Clutter” published in 2014 in Real Simple Magazine. Throughout the article he argues the importance of (AMJ) accumulated male junk. Almond begins connecting with the audience by using a variety of emotional appeals, logical reasoning, and establishing credibility, thus his argument is strong.
It seems that through out time many speakers and authors use persuasion to connect with their audience and to share ideas with them. Pathos, a persuasive technique that uses emotional appeal, has allowed many writers to woo others. For example, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. expresses his feelings and thoughts about the racial inequality issues that had been going on in that time throughout the United States in the notorious speech “I Have a Dream.” The remarkable emotion of King’s delivery in terms of both voice and body had a great effect towards the audience. His suppliant plea for America to have equality with one another shows his passion and devotion toward the issue.
Words can change the world in many ways. Many of those ways can really make an impact on a person’s life or mind set. In the speech “I Have A Dream” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., it proved to solidify the peace and fairness that he aimed to gain in this country by ending segregation between black and white people. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. vividly painted his vision of a better future for people of all colors in America.
Former president Barack Obama, in order to regain voters after a huge controversy during his 2008 presidential campaign regarding things his pastor said used numerous rhetorical strategies to persuade his voters. Obama had to persuade his voters to stick with him. Obama used repetition, allusion and many others to get his point across to the audience. In his speech in which he is talking on racism and cultural differences he uses repetition to further emphasize his point.
Barack Obama Has a Way with Words Barack Obama’s “The Audacity of Hope” speech was given on July 27, 2004 as the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. The speech made Obama further known in the world of politics, and a star among the Democratic Party. Though the description of presidential candidate John Kerry’s qualities makes Obama’s belief that Kerry will make the best president his obvious purpose, the quality of his speech boosted his career. Obama uses repetition devices, various sentence structures, and abstract language to create the strength and persuasive aspects of his speech.
Within a few decades of each other both Martin Luther King and Chief Dan George speak to the public of racial injustice towards their own ethnicity. These two distinct activists both display hope in achieving racial and ethnic equality throughout their speeches. Martin Luther Kings’ speech can be seen as forward and direct in portraying his message, utilizing the rhetorical device of logos such as disturbing facts to persuade his audience. An example of this can be seen when he restates the promises of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, “A promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty,
Medea. An individual whose fate relies on the adroitness of the opposing attorneys and her own. Despite arguing in different positions, both teams require the usage of persuasion techniques in order to influence the jury’s verdict in their favor. Without dynamic utilization of persuasive strategies, they would not be able to acquire the support the jury who adjudicates whether or not the accused is guilty. Although both the defense and prosecution teams substantiated their arguments through the use of persuasive strategies, such as logos and pathos, deciding which techniques will most effective to justify their perspective and obtain the jury’s loyalty varied which governed the verdict.
The Disney Princess Effect and the media world has been linked to self-objectification, and the growing increase of sexualization of young girls. In this article, “Little Girls or Little Women? The Disney Effect”, Stephanie Hanes makes an argument that the Disney Princess Effect is causing little girls to want to look skinny and wear makeup. Not only the Disney princesses have an influence on young girls but so does the media. Hanes main claim is that the media world is exposing unwanted material not just on the young girls, but to other young children too.