Aristotelian Approach to Rhetoric Basically‚ every argument persuades on the basis of three elements: Ethos Pathos Logos Some arguments rely more on one than another. As you read the following‚ consider‚ not only how the arguments we are reading in class use ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos‚ but the extent to which you rely on these in your own arguing‚ written and otherwise. Think of the sermon you heard this Sunday in church: which of these persuasive tools did your pastor use? Ethos This
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solve the problem. To understand and study the essay according to Aristotle’s rhetorical strategies for affect argumentation it would be paramount to concisely describe the strategies. Every strategy must be appealing to logic: Aristotle defines it as a plea to reason or using logic to make an argument. It must be appealing to emotions: Pathos encompasses the call to emotion or the aptitude to persuade people by making them feel something. Establishing credibility: Ethos refers to a writer’s or speaker’s
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“That Lean and Hungry Look” – Suzanne Britt Jordan Julius Caesar stated “Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look‚ he thinks too much; such men are dangerous.” Cassius’ “lean and hungry look” unsettled Julius Caesar‚ who preferred the company of fat‚ contented men whom he believed were more trustworthy and appreciative. When we think of heavier people‚ we think that they are nice because they have nothing to be mean about and typical thin people will be stuck up and rude to the heavier person because
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Medea: Passion vs. Reason “The passions are like fire‚ useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one‚ through their excess‚” stated Christian Nestell Bovee a famous mid-19th century author. “Logic‚ like whiskey‚ loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities‚” stated Lord Dunsany a famous Anglo-Irish writer during the 1900s. These quotes demonstrate a strong theme in the Greek play Medea written by Euripides. In the play Medea‚ the protagonist Medea learns that her husband
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the senses. It would simply be impossible for us to live without them. These senses are sight‚ hearing‚ taste‚ smell and touch‚ and Plato claims that in order to understand reality we mustn’t use them‚ instead relying on rationalist techniques like logic and reason‚ this‚ in some circumstances couldn’t tell us a thing about reality. An example of this would be that we cannot gain all of our knowledge through thinking alone. For example‚ I could think of a fruit like an apple or banana and I could think
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Pamela Aragon TOK Essay 1 February 17‚ 2012 “Truth is that which the community ultimately settles down.” (Charles Pierce) The human race‚ ever since its existence began‚ has been seeking truth. Living in a limited spherical space has forced us to adapt to communities. This has involved accepting laws‚ social contracts‚ morals‚ values‚ and most importantly‚ communal knowledge. Our pursuit of knowledge has been modeled by different groups and their accepted beliefs. Every new piece of knowledge
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Victoria Cantu Professor Moore English 1301-033 16 July 2012 Should Marijuana Be Legalized? In her essay “Here ’s why I ’m against legalizing marijuana‚” Loolwa Khazzoom addresses the debate about legalizing marijuana in the United States. Around 2003‚ Khazzoom visited Amsterdam‚ where marijuana was legal. In an attempt to avoid marijuana‚ she searched for an internet café free from smoke‚ and failed. She resorted to the downstairs area of a café where the designated smoking section was upstairs
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Stereotypes By. Shawanna Fields PHI103: Informal Logic Instructor: Nicole Yurchak March 4‚ 2013 Have you ever been stereotyped by anyone or has anyone ever stereotyped you? Being stereotyped can be a hard thing to get over it if that labeled that someone has given you seem to say and that is how everyone looks at you. Well I get stereotyped all the time. I have just become use to ignoring people ignorance not knowing the unknown. The book states that a stereotype is basic on
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November 1‚2013 Textual Analysis of “This is Water” by David Foster Wallace In David Foster Wallace’s graduation speech‚ “This is Water”‚ presented to Kenyan College’s graduating class of 2005‚ Wallace persuades the class to view the world as whole instead of individually. Wallace argues that we should not feel as if the world revolves around only our needs but also the needs of others but he makes a point to state that everyone has a choice of how to view the world. His argument is obvious but
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time as parents which included raising four children that they are certain spankings do not affect children in that way because their own children experienced spanking and they saw first-hand that it would cause their kids to behave better. Their logic however shows serious flaws that can be explained. Mom and Pop have a pet belief from their personal experience on this issue and their argument shows signs of confirmation bias. On instance of this confirmation bias is an example of a biased search
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