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    logos, ethos, and pathos. Logos, pathos, and ethos are three utensils used by Shakespeare in Caesar’s funeral presented by Mark Antony. Ethos is appeal based on the character of the speaker, Logos is appeal based on logic or reason and Pathos is appeal based on emotion (Examples). Antony uses these three utensils to turn the Roman crowd of citizens against the conspirators with an exciting persuasive speech. What does logos mean? Logos can be facts that are used to persuade someone (Ethos). Mark

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    Harvard I believe that Peter Levin the director used ethos, pathos and logos to prove to people that no matter what, never give up. Liz Murray narrates a story of when she was once poor, homeless and the daughter of two drug addicted parents. The audience can be for anyone that can relate to the situation. The most used rhetorical device was pathos which is what appeals to people’s emotions to grab their attentions, following second would be ethos which appeals to how much of an expert someone is at

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    the team’s coach has proven how effective the use of ethos, pathos, and logos can be. The method in which the coach uses to deliver his message really came from the heart. He uses ethos, pathos, and logos to persuade the football team that they have the ability to win the game. The coach’s speech begins with ethos by creating a strategy for the

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    Aristotle who also came up with the rhetorical principles. The rhetorical principles, also known as ethos, pathos, logos, is used as the key in effective persuasion. In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Cassius persuades Brutus original view on Caesar by using ethos, pathos, logos. The first way Cassius shows the rhetorical principles is by swaying Brutus’ perception through ethos. Cassius and Brutus are conversing and Cassius starts listing off how he himself has witnessed

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    From the three speeches, I think that the “Red Jacket’s Speech to Rev. Cram” is the one who have Ethos, Logos and Pathos on the same proportion in a perfect balance. In the speech, Seneca Chief Red Jacket, appealing to Ethos built respect and trust from the very beginning, and through the whole text by showing his esteem to the Boston missionary and to his religion. Logos is also among the text in the form of a logic explanation of why his religion is as important as the other, comparing both, looking

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    against. Within the article, one will find more ethos and logos than pathos. The ethos describe how trustworthy the writer is and the objectives the writer is trying to make. The logos is nothing more than support. Support comes from many things, such as, reasons behind the story and the overall statistics, testimonies, and facts. The pathos is the emotional meaning behind the story, such as values, beliefs, and emotion. The trustworthiness (ethos) of the author comes from the biography given before

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    When endorsing a commonly used product, such as laundry detergent, it is important to utilize pathos, ethos, and logos adequately in order to effectively sell the intended product. “The OxiClean Archives Billy Mays It’s Amazing Classic Commercial” utilizes the three rhetorical strategies exceptionally well. To promote OxiClean, Billy Mays effectively connects to his planned audience by establishing a common interest, earns credibility with his famous reputation, and uses reasoning to prove OxiClean’s

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    an argument can be a powerful tool or a crutch depending on the individuals who are reading the same argument. Ethos is the credibility or character someone has portrayed in an argument. The third chapter in "Everything's an Argument" gives a pretty good example with CNN and Fox news outlets, CNN being the liberals and Fox being the conservatives. Along with credibility and character, ethos can involve trustworthiness with readers or even acknowledging them in the

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    In this case, she used ethos. She had the credibility because she was a refugee as well. Just by her escaping from North Korea is considered Illegal. Not just that, she also spoke about the dictatorship and suggested ideas on how people could help the North Korean refugees. Since

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    Throughout history, literature, pictures, and speeches have been laced with modes of persuasion. In modern society, thousands of advertisements are produced a day. Each one uses either ethos, pathos, or logos to convince viewers to shift and support a certain belief. One field of advertisements that relies heavily on pathos and ethos is the health field. The national anti-smoking campaign advertisement, below, uses blatant visuals and medical facts to make viewers understand how smoking negatively impacts

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