This week we are starting to study the world of persuasive language features. Therefore, today we are learning what is Pathos, Logos, and Ethos.
Pathos - Having the feature to recall the audience's emotions. For example, many advertisements use pathos by having an adorable animal drink their brand/product. This shows pathos because it is relating to the customer's feeling through having a cute animal in the advertisement.
Logos - In other words "appeal to logic". It is a way of convincing the audience through facts and reasonings. For instance, This world is suffering from a global pandemic since carbon emissions have been increasing fast throughout the years. This shows logos by having facts backing it up.
Ethos - Ethos means getting the audience's trust. For example, if the text doesn't show any credibility the audience would not reside towards that text. Ethos is a way to persuade the audience that they can trust your side of the argument and have the authority to do so. For instance, As the president, I am qualified to say that this would be our best course of action towards the military decrement.
Blog questions
What are we doing?
- In this blog post, we are studying what pathos, logos, and ethos mean.
Why are we doing it?
- We are studying this because this will help us with our current assessment.
What questions do I have?
- I would like a more refined definition of ethos because I do not quite understand the meaning still.
