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    mainly supported by using the rhetorical devices of ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos. Jonathan Edwards spoke persuasively in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by using pathos to better the behaviors’ of his congregation. Olaudah Equiano wanted to persuade others to stop the Triangular Slave Trade in‚ “The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano” by using mainly logos. And lastly‚ “The Middle Passage” video documentary by PBS uses ethos and pathos to express the inhumanity of the slave trade. Each of these

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    there is some there. Her pathos on the other hand is comparatively very abundant. She uses many stories to make

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    The final strategic error that Cruz suffered from was non-persuasive pathos. Pathos is employed in order to ignite emotion or feeling in an attempt to rally support. Cruz used effective descriptions and adjectives to employ pathos‚ but because of a lack of timeliness and empathy his pathos were not persuasive. At the beginning of his Prayer to France‚ Cruz effectively portrayed support and stood in solidarity with the people of Paris by asking God to‚ “lift up’‚ “comfort”‚ and “be with the people

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    unfair.” Fredrick Douglass supports his arguments about slavery by using pathos‚ or the appeal to the emotions of the audience‚ where he attempts to persuade the audience through gain of sympathy. This emotional appeal to the audience can be best shown through the examples of the treatment of his grandmother‚ the separation between him and his mother‚ and the beating of his brother. Douglass uses an effective method of pathos when he talks about the story of his “grandma” and her death. On page sixty-three

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    his funeral(Holt). Brutus is alright with it‚ but Brutus wants to go first in front of Antony’s speech. They both are great speeches and both use either logos‚ ethos and pathos very well. When we compare and contrast the two speeches we see who went wrong or what went wrong and will also see who used logos‚ ethos or pathos the best. When Brutus thought of his speech he overestimated his audience(enotes). He thinks of the Roman people as if they are all educated like him or at least have

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    (Using Ethos‚ N.D.). Aristotle is famously known for the writing of Aristotle’s Rhetoric‚ a book that broke down speaking and elegant writing into several key components‚ of them being pathos‚ logos‚ and ethos. My first class at college was called Rhetoric‚ and while it was an English class‚ I had no idea what pathos‚ logos‚ and ethos were until that class. It was the first thing we studied in the class‚ and since then‚ I have been able to write more efficiently and effectively. Can these three

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    I believe that this persuasive commercial is an example of pathos or to appeal to emotion. The reason why i picked pathos is because there language was very emotional. There were people screaming and the lady in charge was trying to calm the people down. A lot of people were panicking and worried. It brought many people to do crazy things like shaving there hair of and ripping clothes. So‚ it brought out there emotion like what pathos does. There were very emotional events like‚ when they couldn’t

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    are as convincing as you may think they are. With the help of Aristotle’s three rhetorical modes: ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos‚ most writers succeed at persuading their readers. Ethos is used by the writer to display his/her professionalism and trustworthiness. Similarly‚ logos is the use of logic and reasoning to make the writer’s statement stronger which makes the writer seem more educated. Pathos is persuading the reader by stirring emotions in the reader through the writing. Writers like Olaudah Equiano

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    and inspire others. Rand applies virtually no ethos and logos in this excerpt; leading to an ineffective stance. She strongly uses pathos when to appeal to the dramatic news of Apollo 11. Ayn’s commentary is predominantly based off of the use of pathos. Pathos is the appeal to emotion that evokes emotional responses among the audience. It is clear that Ayn uses pathos through her writing. The way she

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    ornament to society and a blessing to his race - by the law of the land‚ by the voice of the people‚ by the terms of the slave code‚ he was only a piece of property‚ a beast of burden‚ a chattel personal‚ nevertheless!” * Page 4 * Pathos‚ logos * The audience of this piece is educated‚ white abolitionist men from the north. Because of this‚ this speaker chooses to frequently use logos to make his argument‚ which is evident in this passage. He is straight forward in describing

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